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CONTENTS 


Navy Regulations. 

Naval Instructions. 

Chap- 

Subject. 


Chap- 

Subject. 


ter. 



ter. 



1 

Articles for the Government of 

Complete. 

1 

Administration of the Navy De- 



the Navy. 



partment. 

In part. ' 

O 

The Navy Department. 

In part. 

2 

Instructions governing employ- 


3 

Organization of the Naval Forces. 

Do. 


ment, leave, pay, etc., of civil- 


4 

Boards. 

Complete. 


ians in the navy yard service.. 

Do. 

5 

Courts of Inquiry. 

Do. 

3 

Organization of the naval forces.. 

Do. 

6 

Deck Courts. 

Do. 

4 

Navy regulations, Naval Instruc- 


7 

Summary courts-martial. 

Do. 


tions, etc. 

Complete 

8 

General courts-martial. 

Do. 

5 

Instructions for officers in general. 

Do. 

10 

Navy Regulations, Naval Instruc- 


6 

Quarters and messes of officers 



tions, etc. 

Do. 


aboard ship. 

Do. 

11 

Rank, command, and duty. 

Do. 

7 

A commander in chief. 

In part. 

12 

Honors, distinctions, salutes, and 


8 

A flag officer not in chief com- 


ceremonies. 

Do. 


maud. 

Do. 

13 

Naval administration and dis- 


9 

The staff of flag officer afloat_ 

Do. 


cipline. 

Do. 

11 

The commanding officer of a ship. 

Do. 

14 

Instructions for officers in general. 

Do. 

12 

The executive officer of a ship... 

Do. 

15 

Commander in chief. 

In part. 

1G 

Officers of the deck, and of gun, 


17 

The staff of a flag officer afloat... 

Do. 


fire control, torpedo, and pow- 


19 

The commanding officer of a ship. 

Do. 


der divisions. 

Do. 

27 

The medical department and 


19 

Medical officer of a ship. 

Complete 


modical officers. 

Complete. 

20 

The officers of the Pay Corps of a 


29 

Other commissioned officers. 

In part. 


ship. 

In part. 

30 

Commissioned warrant officers 

21 

Commissioned warrant officers 


and warrant officers. 

Do. 


and warrant officers. 

Do 

31 

Appointment and promotions.... 

Do. 

23 

Ship organization. 

Complete 

32 

Petty officers and crew. 

Do. 

24 

Shin routine. 

Do 

33 

Enlistments, ratings, transfers, 


25 

Care and preservation of ships.. 

In nart. 


discharges, etc. 

Do. 

28 

Medical instructions.. 

Comnlotfl 

34 

Leave of absence, etc. 

Complete. 

30 

Shore stations. 

In part.. 

35 

Transport sendee, quarantine, 

31 

The Marine Corps. 

Do. 


pilotage, etc. 

In nart. 

34 

Hospital ships. 

Complete 

36 

Shore stations. 

Do. 

36 

Transportation; the naval auxil- 

37 

The Marine Corps. 

Do. 


iarv service. 

Tn nart. 

39 

Pay and allowances. 

Do. 

37 

Repairs and alterations to ships. 

Do. 

40 

Ship organization and ship rou- 


38 

Stores afloat. 

Do. 


tine, etc. 

Do. 

39 

Stores on shore. 

Do 

42 

Naval Reserve. 

Do. 

41 

Accounts and returns .. 

Do 




43 

Reports and returns. 

Do. 




44 

Correspondence. 

Complete 




46 

Naval Reserve. 

In part. 


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CHAPTER 1. 

ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY OF THE 

UNITED STATES. 1 


[Sec. 1624 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as affected by the 
i act of Mar. 3, 1899, sec. 13, and by the acts of May 13, 1908, Feb. 16, 

1909, and Aug. 22, 1912.] 

The Navy of the United States shall be governed by the follow¬ 
ing articles: 

1. The commanders of all fleets, squadrons, naval stations, and Commanders 
vessels belonging to the Navy are required to show in themselves to supervise and 
a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination; correct - 

to be vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are 
placed under their command; to guard against and suppress all 
dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the 
laws and regulations of the Navy, all persons who are guilty of 
them; and any such commander who offends against this article 
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 

2. The commanders of vessels and naval stations to which chap- niviue service, 
lains are attached shall cause divine service to be performed on 

Sunday, whenever the weather and other circumstances allow it 
to be done; and it is earnestly recommended to all officers, sea¬ 
men, and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every 
performance of the worship of Almighty God. 

3. Any irreverent or unbecoming behavior during divine service irreverent l>e- 
shall be punished as a general or summary court-martial maykavior. 
direct. 

4. The punishment of death, or such other punishment as a Death sentence, 
court-martial may adjudge, may be inflicted on any person in the 

naval service— 

(1) Who makes, or attempts to make, or unites with any mu- Mutiny, 
tiny or mutinous assembly, or, being witness to or present at any 
mutiny, does not do his utmost to suppress it; or, knowing of 

any mutinous assembly or of any intended mutiny, does not imme¬ 
diately communicate his knowledge to his superior or commanding 
officer; 

(2) Or disobeys the lawful orders of his superior officer; Disobedience. 

(3) Or strikes or assaults, or attempts or threatens to strike .striking supc- 
or assault, his superior officer while in the execution of the duties nor 0 cer * 

of his office; 

(4) Or gives any intelligence to, or holds or entertains any Intercourse 
intercourse with, an enemy or rebel, without leave from the Presi- with enemy, 
dent, the Secretary of the Navy, the commander in chief of the 

fleet, the commander of the squadron, or, in case of a vessel acting- 
si ngly, from his commanding officer ; 

(5) Or receives any message or letter from an enemy or rebel, Messages from 
or, being aware of the unlawful reception of such message 0 r enemy * 
letter, fails to take the earliest opportunity to inform his supe¬ 
rior or commanding officer thereof; 

1 The numbers of the articles in this chapter are the numbers of such articles in both 
the statutes and these regulations, except that article 64 is not in the law but is a 
regulation only. 

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Desertion i n 
time of war. 

Betraying 

trust. 

Sleeping on 
watch. 

Leaving sta¬ 
tion. 

Willful strand¬ 
ing or injury of 
vessel. 


Destruction of 
public property. 


Striking flag 
or yielding. 

Cowardice In 
battle. 


Deserting duty 
in battle. 

Neglecting or¬ 
ders for battle. 


Neglecting to 
clear for actiou. 


Neglecting to 
join in battle. 

Failing to en¬ 
courage others. 

Falling to seek 
encounter. 

Failing to af¬ 
ford relief. 


Spies. 


Murder. 


Imprisonment 
In penitentiary. 


(0) Or, in time of war, deserts or entices others to desert; 

(7) Or, in time of war, deserts or betrays his trust, or entices' 
or aids others to desert or betray their trust; 

(8) Or sleeps upon his watch; 

(9) Or leaves his station before being regularly relieved; 

(10) Or intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the 
Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals, or improperly 
hazarded; or maliciously or willfully injures any vessel of the 
Navy, or any part of her tackle, armament, or equipment, whereby 
the safety of the vessel is hazarded or the lives of the crew ex¬ 
posed to danger; 

( 11 ) Or unlawfully sets on lire, or otherwise unlawfully de¬ 
stroys, any public property not at the time in possession of an 
enemy, pirate, or rebel; 

(12) Or strikes or attempts to strike the flag to an enemy or 
rebel, without proper authority, or, when engaged in battle, 
treacherously yields or pusillanimously cries for quarter; 

(13) Or, in time of battle, displays cowardice, negligence, or 
disaffection, or withdraws from or keeps out of danger to which 
he should expose himself; 

( 14 ) Or, in time of battle, deserts his duty or station, or en¬ 
tices others to do so ; 

(15) Or does not properly observe the orders of his command¬ 
ing officer, and use his utmost exertions to carry them into 
execution, when ordered to prepare for or join in, or when 
actually engaged in battle, or while in sight of an enemy; 

( 16 ) Or, being in command of a fleet, squadron, or vessel act¬ 
ing singly, neglects, when an engagement is probable, or when an 
armed vessel of an enemy or rebel is in sight, to prepare and 
clear his ship or ships for action; 

(17) Or does not, upon signal for battle, use his utmost exer¬ 
tions to join in battle; 

(IS) Or fails to encourage, in his own person, his inferior offi¬ 
cers and men to fight courageously ; 

(19) Or does not do his utmost to overtake and capture or 
destroy any vessel which it is his duty to encounter; 

(20) Or does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to 
vessels belonging to the United States or their allies when en¬ 
gaged in battle. 

5. All persons who, in time of war, or of rebellion against the 
supreme authority of the United States, come or are found in the 
capacity of spies, or who bring or deliver any seducing letter or 
message from an enemy or rebel, or endeavor to corrupt any per¬ 
son in the Navy to betray his trust, shall suffer death, or such 
other punishment as a court-martial may adjudge. 

G. If any person belonging to any public vessel of the United 
States commits the crime of murder without the territorial juris¬ 
diction thereof, he may be tried by court-martial and punished 
with death. 

7. A naval court-martial may adjudge the punishment of im¬ 
prisonment for life, or for a stated term, at hard labor, in any 
case where it is authorized to adjudge the punishment of death; 
and such sentences of imprisonment and hard labor may be carried 
into execution in any prison or penitentiary under the control of 
the United State's, or which the United States may be allowed by 
the legislature of any State to use; and persons so imprisoned in 
the prison or penitentiary of any State or Territory shall be sub¬ 
ject, in all respects, to the same discipline and treatment as con- 




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victs sentenced by the courts of the State or Territory in which 
the same may be situated. 

8. Such punishment as a court-martial may adjudge may be 
inflicted on any person in the Navy— 

(1) Who is guilty of profane swearing, falsehood, drunkenness, Pjof auHy, 
gambling, fraud, theft, or any other scandalous conduct tending to la ss l00( ’ etc ' 
the destruction of good morals; 

(2) Or is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreat- Cruelty, 
merit of, any person subject to his orders; 

(3) Or quarrels with, strikes, or assaults, or uses provoking Quarreling, 
or reproachful words, gestures, or menaces toward, any person 

in the Navy; 

(4) Or endeavors to foment quarrels between other persons To men ting 

in the Navy ; quarrels. 

(5) Or sends or accepts a challenge to fight a duel or acts as Duels, 
a second in a duel; 

(6) Or treats his superior officer with contempt, or is disre- Contempt of 
spectful to him in language or deportment, while in the execution 8uperior offlccr * 
of his office; 


(7) Or joins in or abets any combination to weaken the lawful Combin at ion s 
authority of, or lessen the respect due to, his commanding officer; om C er. 


(8) Or utters any seditious or mutinous words; 

(9) Or is negligent or careless in' obeying orders, 
inefficient in the performance of duty; 


Mutinous 

words. 

or culpably Neglect of or¬ 
ders. 


(10) Or does not use his best exertions to prevent the unlawful 
destruction of public property by others; 

(11) Or through inattention or negligence suffers any vessel 
of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon a rock or shoal, or 
hazarded; 

(12) Or, when attached to any vessel appointed as convoy to 
any merchant or other vessels, fails diligently to perform his 
duty, or demands or exacts any compensation for his services, 
or maltreats the officers or crews of such merchant or other 
vessels; 

(13) Or takes, receives, or permits to be received, on board 
the vessel to which he is attached, any goods or merchandise, for 
freight, sale, or traffic, except gold, silver, or jewels, for freight 
or safe-keeping; or demands or receives any compensation for 
the receipt or transportation of any other article than gold, silver, 
or jewels, without authority from the President or Secretary of 


Preventing de¬ 
struction of prop¬ 
erty. 

Stranding. 


Convoy service. 


Receiving 
freight, etc. 


the Navy; 

(14) Or knowingly makes or signs, or aids, abets, directs, or False muster, 
procures the making or signing of, any false muster; 

(15) Or wastes any ammunition, provisions, or other public Waste of prop- 
property, or, having power to prevent it, knowingly permits such ert y* 

waste; 

(16) Or, when on shore, plunders, abuses, or maltreats any Plundering, 
inhabitant, or injures his property in any way; 

(17) Or refuses, or fails to use his utmost exertions to detect, Apprehending 
apprehend, and bring to punishment all offenders, or to aid all offcm,( ' rs - 
persons appointed for that purpose. 

(18) Or, when rated or acting as master-at-arms, refuses to Receiving prig- 
receive such prisoners as may be committed to his charge, or, ouers * 
having received them, suffers them to escape, or dismisses them 

without orders from the proper authority; 

(19) Or is absent from his station or duty without leave, or Absence whh- 

after his leave has expired ; ou eavc ‘ 


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Violating or¬ 
ders or regula¬ 
tions. 

Desertion in 
time of peace. 

Harboring de. 
serters. 


Officer absent 
without leave. 


Desertion b y 
resignation. 


Dealing in sup¬ 
plies. 


Importing du¬ 
tiable goods. 


Distilled spir¬ 
its 


Crimes of 
fraud against 
United States. 

Presenting 
false claims. 


Agreement 
concerning false 
claims. 

False papers. 


(20) Or violates or refuses obedience to any lawful general 
order or regulation issued by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(21) Or, in time of peace, deserts or attempts to desert, or 
aids and entices others to desert; 

(22) Or receives or entertains any deserter from any other 
vessel of the Navy, knowing him to be such, and does not. with all 
convenient speed, give notice of such deserter to the commander 
of the vessel to which he belongs, or to the commander-in-chief, 
or to the commander of the squadron. 

0. Any officer who absents himself from his command without 
leave, may, by the sentence of a court-martial be reduced to the 
rating of ah ordinary seaman. 

10. Any commissioned officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who, 
having tendered his resignation, quits his post or proper duties 
without leave, and with intent to remain permanently absent 
therefrom, prior to due notice of the acceptance of such resigna¬ 
tion, shall be deemed and punished as a deserter. 

11. No person in the naval service shall procure stores or other 
articles or supplies for, and dispose thereof to, the officers or en¬ 
listed men on vessels of the Navy, or at navy yards or naval sta¬ 
tions, for his own account or benefit. 

12. No person connected with the Navy shall, under any pre¬ 
tense, import in a public vessel any article which is liable to the 
payment of duty. 

IS. Distilled spirits shall be admitted on board of vessels of 
win* only upon tiie order and under the control of the medical 
officers of such vessels, and to be used only for medical purposes. 

11. Fine and imprisonment, or such other punishment as a 
court-martial may adjudge, shall be inflicted upon any person 
in the naval service of the United States— 

Who presents or causes to be presented to any person in the 
civil, military, or naval service thereof, for approval or payment, 
any claim against the United States or any officer thereof, know¬ 
ing such claim to be false or fraudulent; or 

Who enters into any agreement or conspiracy to defraud the 
United States by obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the allow¬ 
ance or payment of any false or fraudulent claim; or 

Who, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding others to obtain, 
ilie approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the 
United States or against any officer thereof, makes or uses, or 
procures or advises the making or use of, any writing, or other 
paper, knowing the same to contain any false or fraudulent 
statement; or 


Perjury. Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, 

the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the 
United States or any officer thereof, makes or procures or ad¬ 
vises the making of, any oath to any fact or to any writing or 
other paper, knowing such oath to be false; or 
Forgery. Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, 

the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the 
United States or any officer thereof, forges or counterfeits, or 
procures or advises the forging or counterfeiting of, any signa¬ 
ture upon any writing or other paper, or uses, or procures or ad¬ 
vises the use of, any such signature, knowing the same to be 
forged or counterfeited; or 

Delivering less Who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any 
property than money or other property of the United States, furnished or in- 
receipted for. tended for the naval service thereof, knowingly delivers or causes 


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to be delivered, to any person having authority to receive the 
same, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a 
certificate or receipt; or ^ 

Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifyingwithouTkiiowing 
the receipt of any money or other property of the United States, their truth, 
furnished or intended for the naval service thereof, makes, or 
delivers to any person, such writing, without having full knowl¬ 
edge of the truth of the statements therein contained, and with 
intent to defraud the United States; or 

Who steals, embezzles, knowingly and willfully misappropriates, in | te ^‘ ng ’ sel1 ' 
applies to his own use or benefit, or wrongfully and knowingly 1 ’ ' Cm 
sells or disposes of any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammunition, 
clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property of the 
United States, furnished or intended for the military or naval 
service thereof; or 

Who knowingly purchases, or receives in pledge for any obliga- p “ b, |® 

tiori or indebtedness, from any other person who is a part of or™ ty . ary prop ’ 
employed in said service, any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammu¬ 
nition, clothing, subsistence stores, or other property of the United 
States, such other person not having lawful right to sell or pledge 
the same; or 

Who executes, attempts, or countenances any other fraud against Other frauds, 
the United States. 

And if any person, being guilty of any of the offenses described liability to ar- 
in this article while in the naval service, receives his discharge, rest a,1< r a * 
or is dismissed from the service, he shall continue to be liable to 
be arrested and held for trial and sentence by a court-martial in 
the same manner and to the same extent as if he had not received 
such discharge nor been dismissed. 


1ft. (Repealed by act of March 3, 1899, section 18.) 

16 . No person in the Navy shall take out of a prize, or vessel 
seized as a prize, any money, plate, goods, or any part of her 
equipment, unless it be for the better preservation thereof or un¬ 
less such articles are absolutely needed for the use of any of the 
vessels or armed forces of the United States, before the same are 
adjudged lawful prize by a competent court; but the whole, with¬ 
out fraud, concealment, or embezzlement, shall be brought in, in 
order that, judgment may be passed thereon; and every person 
who offends against this article shall be punished as a court- 
martial may direct. 

17 . If any person in the Navy strips off the clothes of, or pil¬ 
lages, or in any manner maltreats, any person taken on board a 
prize, he shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may 
adjudge. 

18 . If any officer or person in the naval service employs any of 
the forces under his command for the purpose of returning any 
fugitive from service or labor, he shall be dismissed from the 
service. 

19 . Any officer who knowingly enlists into the naval service any 
person who has deserted in time of war from the naval or military 
service of the United States, or any insane or intoxicated person, 
or any minor between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years, 
without the consent of his parents or guardian, or any minor 
under the age of fourteen years, shall be punished as a court- 
martial may direct. 

20. Every commanding officer of a vessel in the Navy shall obey 
the following rules: 


Persons enti¬ 
tled to prize 
money. 

Bemovin? 
property from 
prize. 


Maltreating 
persons on prize. 


Returning fu¬ 
gitives. 


Enlisting de¬ 
serters, minors, 
etc. 


Hois received 
on Board 


List of officers, 
men, and passen¬ 
gers. 


Deaths and de¬ 
sertions. 


Property of de¬ 
ceased persons. 


(1) Whenever a man enters on board, the commanding officer 
shall cause an accurate entry to be made in the ship's books, show¬ 
ing his name, the date, place, and term of his enlistment, the place 
or vessel from which he was received on board, his rating, his 
descriptive list, Ids age, place of birth, and citizenship, with such 
remarks as may be necessary. 

(2) He shall, before sailing, transmit to the Secretary of the 
Navy a complete list of the rated men under his command, show¬ 
ing the particulars set forth in rule one, and a list of officers and 
passengers, showing the date of their entering. And he shall 
cause similar lists to be made out on the first day of every third 
month and transmitted to the Secretary of the Navy as oppor¬ 
tunities occur, accounting therein for any casualty which may 
have happened since the last list. 

(3) He shall cause to be accurately minuted mi the ship’s books 
the names of any person dying or deserting, and the times at 
which such death or desertion occurs. 

(4) In case of the death of any officer, man. or passenger on 
said vessel, he shall take care that the paymaster secures all the 
property of the deceased, for the benefit of his legal representa¬ 


tives. 


Accounts of 
men received. 


Aceo ii nts of 
men sent from 
sflip. 


Provisions. 


H e a 11 li of 

crew. 


Kina! payment 
of crew. 


Articles 
luing up 
read. 


to he 
and 


Punishment 
for offending. 

Authority of 
officers after loss 
of vessel. 


(5) He shall not receive on board any man transferred from 
any oilier vessel or station to him, unless such man is furnished 
with an account, signed by the captain and paymaster of the 
vessel or station from which he came, specifying the date of his 
entry on said vessel or at such station, the period and term of 
his service, the sums paid him, the balance due him, the quality 
in which he was rated, and his descriptive list. 

(G) He shall, whenever officers or men are sent from his ship, 
for whatever cause, take care that each man is furnished with a 
complete statement of his account, specifying the date of his en¬ 
listment, the period and term of his service, and his descriptive 
list. Said account shall lie signed by the commanding officer and 
paymaster. 

(7) He shall cause frequent inspections to he made into the 
condition of the provisions on his ship, and use every precaution 
for their preservation. 

(8) He shall frequently consult with the surgeon in regard to 
the sanitary condition of his crew, and shall use ail proper means 
to preserve their health. And he shall cause a convenient place 
to he set apart for sick or disabled men, to which he sh-ill have 
them removed, with their hammocks and bedding, when the sur¬ 
geon so advises, and shall direct that some of the crew, attend 
them and keep the place clean. 

(0) He shall attend in person, or appoint a proper officer t«» 
attend, when his crew is finally paid off, to see that justice is done 
to the men and to the United States in the settlement of the 
accounts. 

(10) He shall cause the Articles for the Government of the 
Navy to be hung up in some public part of the ship and read once 
a month to his ship’s company. 

Every commanding officer who offends against the provisions of 
this article shall he punished as a court-martial may direct. 

21. When the crew of any vessel of the United States are sep¬ 
arated from their vessel by means of her wreck, loss, or destruc¬ 
tion, all the command and authority given to the officers of such 
vessel shall remain in full force until such ship’s company shall 
he regularly discharged from or ordered again into service, or 
until a court-martial or court of inquiry shall he held to inquire 


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II 0 t 


coin- 

shore. 


mander. 


into the loss of said vessel. And if any officer or man. after such 
wreck, loss, or destruction, acts contrary to the discipline of the 
Navy, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 

22. All offenses committed by persons belonging to the Navy Offenses 
which are not specified in the foregoing articles shall be punished specified, 
as a court-martial may direct. 

23. Ail offenses committed by persons belonging to the Navy offenses 
while on shore shall be punished in the same manner as if they mitted on 
had been committed at sea. 

24. No commander of a vessel shall inflict upon a commissioned punishment by 
or warrant officer any other punishment than private reprimand, order of com- 
suspension from duty, arrest, or confinement, and such suspension, 
arrest, or confinement shall not continue longer than ten days, 
unless a further period is necessary to bring the offender to trial 

by a court-martial; nor shall he inflict or cause to be inflicted 
upon any petty officer, or person of inferior rating, or marine, for 
a single offense, or at any one time, any other than one of the fol¬ 
lowing punishments, namely: 

(1) Reduction of any rating established by himself. 

(2) Confinement, not exceeding ten days, unless further confine¬ 
ment be necessary in the case of a prisoner to be tried by court- 
martial. The use of irons, single or double, is abolished except 
for the purpose of safe custody or when part of a sentence imposed 
by general court-martial. (Act Feb. 16, 1909.) 

(3) Solitary confinement, on bread and water, not exceeding 
five days. 

(4) Solitary confinement not exceeding seven days. 

(5) Deprivation of liberty on shore, 

(G) Extra duties. 

No other punishment shall be permitted on board of vessels 
belonging to the Navy, except by sentence of a general or summary 
court-martial. All punishments inflicted by the commander, or by 
his order, except reprimands, shall be fully entered upon the ship’s 
log. 

25. No officer who may command by accident, or in the absence punishmeut by 
of the commanding officer, except when such commanding officer officers tempo- 
is absent for a time by leave, shall inflict any other punishmentf“£ lly comraand ‘ 
than confinement. 

26. Summary courts-martial may be ordered upon petty officers summary 
and persons of inferior ratings, by the commander of any vessel, courts-martial, 
or by the commandant of any navy yard, naval station, or marine 

barracks to which they belong, for the trial of offenses which such 
officer may deem deserving of greater punishment than such com¬ 
mander or commandant is authorized to inflict, but not sufficient 
to require trial by a general court-martial. 

27. A summary court-martial shall consist of three officers not 
below the rank of ensign, as members, and of a recorder. The 
commander of a ship may order any officer under his command to 
act as such recorder. 

28. Before proceeding to trial the members of a summary court 
martial shall take the following oath or affirmation, which 
be administered by the recorder: “ I, A B, do swear 
that I will well and truly try, without prejudice or partiality, the 
case now depending, according to the evidence which shall be ad¬ 
duced, the laws for the government of the Navy, and my own 
conscience.” After which the recorder of the court shall take the 
following oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the 
senior member of the court: “I, A B, do swear (or affirm) that 
I will keep a true record of the evidence which shall be given be¬ 
fore this court and of the proceedings thereof.” 


Constitution. 


Oaths of mem- 
Shall hers a n d re- 

(or affirm) cordcr * 


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Testimony. 


Punishment. 


Disrating for 
incompetency. 

Execution o f 
sentence. 


Remission of 
sentence. 


Conduct of pro¬ 
ceedings. 


Same punish¬ 
ment by general 
court. 

Dismissal of 
officers. 


29. All testimony before a summary court-martial shall be given 
orally, upon oath or affirmation, administered by the senior mem¬ 
ber of the court. 

80. Summary courts-martial may sentence petty officers and 
persons of inferior ratings to any one of the following punish¬ 
ments, namely: 

(1) Discharge from the service with bad-conduct discharge; but 
the sentence shall not be carried into effect in a foreign country. 

(2) Solitary confinement, not exceeding thirty days, on bread 
and water, or on diminished rations. 

(3) Solitary confinement not exceeding thirty days. 

. (4) Confinement not exceeding two months. 

(5) Reduction to next inferior rating. 

(6) Deprivation of liberty on shore on foreign station. 

(7) Extra police duties, and loss of pay, not to exceed three 
months, may be added to any of the above-mentioned punishments. 

“ The courts authorized to impose the punishments prescribed 
by article thirty of the ‘ Articles for the Government of the Navy ’ 
may adjudge either a part or the whole, as may be appropriate, 
of any one of the punishments therein enumerated: Provided, 
That the use of irons, single or double, is hereby abolished except 
for the purpose of safe custody, or when part of a sentence im¬ 
posed by a general court-martial.” (Act Feb. 16, 1909.) 

31. A summary court-martial may disrate any rated person for 
incompetency. 

32. All sentences of summary courts-martial may be carried 
into effect upon the approval of the senior officer present. (Act 
Feb. 16, 1909.) 

33. The' officer ordering a summary court-martial shall have 
power to remit, in part or altogether, but not to commute, the 
sentence of the court. And it shall be liis duty either to remit 
any part or the whole of any sentence, the execution of which 
would, in the opinion of the surgeon or senior medical officer on 
board, given in writing, produce serious injury to the health of 
the person sentenced; or to submit the case again, without delay, 
to the same or to another summary court-martial, which shall 
have the power, upon the testimony already taken, to remit the 
former punishment and to assign some other of the authorized 
punishments in the place thereof. (Sec. 1624, R. S.) The Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy may set aside the proceedings, or remit or 
mitigate, in whole or in part, the sentence imposed by any naval 
court-martial convened by his order or by that of any officer of 
the Navy or Marine Corps. (Act Feb. 16, 1909.) 

34. The proceedings of summary courts shall be conducted with 
as much conciseness and precision as may be consistent with the 
ends of justice, and under such forms and rule as may be pre¬ 
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the 
President, and all such proceedings shall be transmitted in the 
usual mode to the Navy Department, where they shall be kept on 
file for a period of two years from date of trial, after which time 
they may be destroyed, in the discretion of the Secretary of the 
Navy. (Act Feb. 16, 1909.) 

35. Any punishment which a summary court-martial is author¬ 
ized to inflict may be inflicted by a general court-martial. 

36. No officer shall be dismissed from the naval service except 

by the order of the President or by sentence of a general court- 
martial ; and in time of peace no officer shall be dismissed except 
in pursuance of the of a general court-martial or in miti¬ 

gation thereof. 


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37. When any officer, dismissed by order of the President since . 0fbcer dl . s ’ 

3d March, 1865, makes, in writing, an application for trial, setting ‘ °‘ 

forth under oath that he has been wrongfully dismissed, the Presi¬ 
dent shall, as soon as the necessities of the service may permit, 

convene a court-martial to try such officer on the charges on 
which he shall have been dismissed. And if such court-martial 
shall not be convened within six months from the presentation of 
such application for trial, or if such court, being convened, shall 
not award dismissal or death as the punishment of such officer, 
the order of dismissal by the President shall be void. 

38. General courts-martial may be convened by the President, General courts- 
by the Secretary of the Navy, by the commander in chief of a fleet m ’ irtial » 

or squadron, and by the commanding officer of any naval station u 10,11 conve,ie 
beyond the continental limits of the United States. (Act Feb. 16, 

1909.) 

39. A general court-martial shall consist of not more than tliir- Constitution, 
teen nor less than five' commissioned officers as members; and as 

many officers, not exceeding thirteen, as can be convened without 
injury to the service, shall be summoned on every such court. 

But in no case, where it can be avoided without injury to the 
service, shall more than one-half, exclusive of the president, be 
junior to the officer to be tried. The senior officer shall always 
preside and the others shall take place according to their rank. 

40. The president of the general court-martial shall administer Oaths of mem- 

tlie following oath or affirmation to the judge advocate or person ,M > rs a . nd l ud ? e 
officiating as such: advocate. 

“ I, A B, do swear (or affirm) that I will keep a true record of 
the evidence given to and the proceedings of this court; that I 
will not divulge or by any means disclose the sentence of the 
court until it shall have been approved .by the proper authority; 
and that I will not at any time divulge or disclose the vote or 
opinion of any particular member of the court, unless required so 
to do before a court of justice in due course of law.” 

This oath or affirmation being duly administered, each member 
of the court, before proceeding to trial, shall take the following 
oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the judge 
advocate or person officiating as such: 

“ I. A B, do swear (or affirm) that I will truly try without 
prejudice or partiality, the case now depending, according to the 
evidence which shall come before the court, the rules for the gov¬ 
ernment of the Navy, and my own conscience; that I will not by 
any means divulge or disclose the sentence of the court until it 
shall have been approved by the proper authority ; and that I will 
not at any time divulge or disclose the vote or opinion of any par¬ 
ticular member of the court, unless required so to do before a 
court of justice in due course of law.” 

41. An oath or affirmation in the following form, shall be ad- oath of wit- 
ministered to all witnesses, before any court-martial, by the presi-«css. 

dent thereof: 

“ You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the evidence you shall 
give in the case now before this court shall be the truth, the whole 
truth, and nothing but the truth, and that you will state every¬ 
thing within your knowledge in relation to the charges. So help 
you God (or ‘ This you do under the pains and penalties of 
perjury’).” 

42. Whenever any person refuses to give his evidence or to give Contempt, 
it in the manner provided by these articles, or prevaricates, or 
behaves with contempt to the court, it shall be lawful for the 

court to imprison him for any time not exceeding two months. 


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Charges. 


Duty of officer 
arrested. 


Suspension of 
proceedings. 


Absence of 
members. 


Witnesses ex¬ 
amined in ab¬ 
sence of mem¬ 
ber. 


This article, as set forth above in the form given in sec. 1624. 
R. S., is modified by secs. 11 and 12 of the act of Feb. 16, 1909, 
which provides “That a naval court-martial or court of inquiry 
shall have power to issue like process to compel witnesses to ap¬ 
pear and testify which United States courts of criminal .jurisdic¬ 
tion within the State, Territory, or District where such naval court 
shall be ordered to sit may lawfully issue. 

“ That any person duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness before 
a general court-martial or court of inquiry of the Navy, who will¬ 
fully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a wit¬ 
ness or to testify or produce documentary evidence which such 
person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, for which such person shall be 
punished on information in the district court of the United States; 
and it shall be the duty of the United States district attorney, on 
the certification of the facts to him by such naval court, to file an 
information against and prosecute the person so offending, and 
the punishment of such person, on conviction, shall be a fine of not 
more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six 
months, or both, at the discretion of the court: Provided, That this 
shall not apply to persons residing beyond the State, Territory, or 
District in which such naval court is held, and that the fees of 
such witness and his mileage at the rates provided for witnesses 
in the United States district court for said State, Territory, or Dis¬ 
trict shall be duly paid or tendered said witness, such amounts to 
be paid by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts out of the ap¬ 
propriation for compensation of witnesses: Provided further, That 
no witness shall be compelled to incriminate himself or to answer 
any question which may tend to incriminate or degrade him.” 

43. The person accused*shall be furnished with a true copy of 
the charges, with the specifications, at the time he is put under 
arrest; and no other charges than those so furnished shall be 
urged against him at the trial, unless it shall appear to the court 
that intelligence of such other charge had not reached the officer 
ordering the court when the accused was put under arrest, or that 
some witness material to the support of such charge was at that 
time absent and can be produced at the trial; in which case 
reasonable time shall be given to the accused to make his defense 
against such new charge. 

44. Every officer who is arrested for trial shall deliver up his 
sword to his commanding officer and confine himself to the limits 
assigned him, on pain of dismissal from the service. 

45. When the proceedings of any general court-martial have 
commenced, they shall not be suspended or delayed on account of 
I he absence of any of the members, provided five or more are 
assembled; but the court is enjoined to sit from day to day, Sun¬ 
days excepted, until sentence is given, unless temporarily ad¬ 
journed by the authority which convened it. 

46. No member of a general court-martial shall, after the pro¬ 
ceedings are begun, absent, himself therefrom, except in case of 
sickness, or of an order to go on duty from a superior officer, on 
pain of being cashiered. 

47. Whenever any member of a court-martial, from any legal 
cause, is absent from the court after the commencement of a case, 
all the witnesses who have been examined during his absence 
must, when he is ready to resume his seat, be recalled by the 
court, and the recorded testimony of each witness so examined 
must be read over to him, and such witness must acknowledge the 
same to be correct and be subject to such further examination as 


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tlit' said member may require. Without a compliance with this 
rule, and an entry thereof upon the record, a member who shall 
have been absent during the examination of a witness shall not be 
allowed to sit again in that particular case. 

48. Whenever a court-martial sentences an officer to he sus- Suspension of 
pended, it may suspend his pay and emoluments for the whole or pay. 
any part of the time of his suspension. 

40. In no case shall punishment by hogging, or by branding, Flogging, 
marking, or tattooing on the body be adjudged by any court- branding, etc. 
martial or be inflicted upon any person in the Navy. 

50. No person shall be sentenced by a court-martial to suffer Determination 
death, except by the concurrence of two-tliirds of the members of sentences, 
present, and in the cases where such punishment is expressly pro¬ 
vided in these articles. All other sentences may be determined by 

a majority of votes. 

51. It shall be the duty of a court-martial, in all cases of con- Adequate pun- 
viction, to adjudge a punishment adequate to the nature of theishmcnt; recom- 
offense; but the members thereof may recommend the person con-"j e 11 dat 10n t0 
victed as deserving of clemency, and state, on the record, their c cmency * 
reasons for so doing. 

52. The judgment of every court-martial shall be authenticated Authentication 
by the signature of the president, and of every member who may of judgment, 
be present when said judgment is pronounced, find also of the 

judge advocate. 

53. No sentence of a court-martial, extending to the loss of life, Confirmation 
or to the dismissal of a commissioned or warrant officer, shall be of sentence, 
carried into execution until confirmed by the President. All other 
sentences of a general court-martial may be carried into execution 

on confirmation of the commander of the fleet or officer ordering 
the court. 

54. Every officer who is authorized to convene a general court- Remission and 
martial shall have power, on revision of its proceedings, to remit mitigation of 
or mitiga te, but not to commute, t he sentence of any such court sentence, 
which he is authorized to approve and confirm. (This article, as 

set forth above in the form given in sec. 1624, R. S., is modified 
by sec. 9 of the act of Feb. 16, 1909; see Art. 33.) 

55. Courts of inquiry may be ordered by the President, the Courts of in- 
Secretary of the Navy, or the commander of a fleet or squadron. < P iir y» by whom 

56. A court of inquiry shall consist of not more than three com- or constitution, 
missioned officers as members, and of a judge advocate, or person 
officiating as such. 

57. Courts of inquiry shall have power to summon witnesses, Powers, 
administer oaths, and punish contempts, in the same manner as 
courts-martial; but they shall only state facts, and shall not give 

their opinion, unless expressly required so to do in the order for 
convening. (This article, as set; forth above in the form given 
in sec. 1624, R. 8., is modified by secs. 11 and 12 of the act of 
Feb. 16, 1909; see Art. 42.) 

58. The judge advocate, or person officiating as such, shall ad- Oaths of mem- 
minister to the members the following oath or affirmation: “ You tors and judge 
do swear (or affirm) well and truly to examine and inquire, ac- adv0Cate * 
cording to the evidence, into the matter now before you, without 
partiality.” After which the president shall administer to the 

judge advocate, or person officiating as such, the following oath or 
affirmation: “You do swear (or affirm) truly to record the pro¬ 
ceedings of this court and the evidence to be given in the case in 
hearing.” 


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SO. Tlie party whose conduct shall be the subject of inquiry, or 
his attorney, shall have the right to cross-examine all the wit- 


to the Inquiry. 

Proceed ings; 
h o w authenti¬ 
cated and used 
as evidence. 


Limitation of 
period in which 
ame nable to 
trial. 


Puni s h m e n t 
for desertion in 
time of peace. 


Limitation of 
punishment. 


nesses. 

« 

00. The proceedings of courts of inquiry shall be authenticated 
by the signature of the president of the court and of the judge 
advocate, and shall, in all cases not capital, nor extending to the 
dismissal of a commissioned or warrant officer, be evidence before 
a court-martial, provided oral testimony can not be obtained. 

61. No person shall he tried by court-martial or otherwise pun¬ 
ished for any offense, except as provided in the following article, 
which appears to have been committed more than two years before 
the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless by 
reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest 
impediment, he shall not have been amenable to justice within 
that period. 

62. No person shall be tried by court-martial or otherwise pun¬ 
ished for desertion in time of peace committed more than two 
years before the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, 
unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United 
States, or by reason of some other manifest impediment shall not 
have been amenable to justice within that period, in which case 
the time of his absence shall be excluded in computing the period 
of the limitation: Provided , That said limitation shall not begin 
until the end of the term for which said person was enlisted in 
the service. 

63. Whenever, by any of the Articles for the Government of the 
Navy of the United States, the punishment on conviction of an 
offense is left to the discretion of the court-martial, the punish¬ 
ment therefor shall not, in time of peace, be in excess of a limit 
which the President may prescribe. 

64. Within the meaning of the foregoing artitles, unless there 
be something in the context or subject matter repugnant to or in- 
consistent with such construction, officers shall mean commis¬ 
sioned and warrant officers, and paymasters’ clerks; superior 
officers shall be held to include mates and petty officers of the 
Navy and noncommissioned officers of the Marine Corps, in addi¬ 
tion to the officers enumerated. ' This article is not one of the 
“Articles for the Government of the Navy,” as contained in the 
statutes, but is appended in explanation thereof. 


CHAPTER 2. 


THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. 


Section 1.—Organization. 


Secretary o f 
the Navy. 


Assistant Sec¬ 
retary of the 
Navy. 


101. There shall be at the seat of government an executive de¬ 
partment, to be known as the Department of the Navy, and a Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy, who shall be the head thereof. (Sec. 
415, R. S.) 

102. (1) An Assistant Secretary of the Navy is authorized by 
law, who shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Navy or required by law. (Acts of July 11, 
1890, and Mar. 3, 1891.) All orders issued by the Assistant Sec- 




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retary in conducting the duties assigned him shall be considered 
as emanating from the Secretary and shall have full force and 
effect as such. 

(2) In case of the absence of the Secretary of the Navy his 
duties shall be performed by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 

(Sec. 177, R. S.) 

103. (1) There shall be a Chief of Naval Operations, who shall Clli ® f of Naval 
be an officer on the active list of the Navy appointed by the 10us * 

President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
from among the officers of the line of the Navy, not below the 
grade of captain, for a period of four years, who shall, under the 
direction of the Secretary of the Navy, be charged with the oper¬ 
ations of the fleet, and with the preparation and readiness of 
plans for its use in war. (Act Mar. 3, 1915.) 

(3) During the temporary absence of the Secretary and the • 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy the Chief of Naval Operations 

shall be next in succession to act as Secretary of the Navy. (Act 
Mar. 3, 1915.) 

10-1. (1) The business of the Department of the Navy shall be Bureaus, 
distributed in such manner as the Secretary of the Navy shall 
judge to be expedient and proper among the following bureaus: 

First, a Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Second, a Bureau of Equipment. 1 

Third, a Bureau of Navigation. 

Fourth, a Bureau of Ordnance. 


Fifth, a Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Sixth, a Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Seventh, a Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. 

Eighth, a Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. (Sec. 419, R. S.) 

(2) The several bureaus shall retain the charge and custody of 
the books of records and accounts pertaining to their respective 
duties, and all of the duties of the bureaus shall be performed 
under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and their 
orders shall be considered as emanating from him and shall have 
full force and effect as such. (Sec. 420, R. S.) 

(3) The Judge Advocate General of the Navy shall perform 
such duties as may lawfully be required. (Act June 8, 1880.) 

(4) The Solicitor shall perform such duties as may be assigned 
by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(5) The General Board of the Navy shall, under the direction of 
the Secretary of the Navy, perform such duties as are set forth 
in section 13 of this chapter and such additional duties as may 
be prescribed from time to time by competent authority. 

105. The Secretary’s advisory council will be composed of the 
following members: 

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 

The Chief of Naval Operations. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. 

The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

The Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps. 


Custody of 
records. 


Judge Advo¬ 
cate General. 

Solicitor. 
General Board. 


Secretary’s 
advisory council. 


1 Bureau of Equipment abolished by act of June 30, 1914. 




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The Judge Advocate General of the Navy. 

The Secretary’s advisory council will meet every Thursday at 
noon in the Secretary’s office, unless otherwise directed, and at 
such other times as the Secretary may direct. 

Section 5.—The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Bureau of 188. (1) The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall have 
Medicine and charge of the upkeep and operation of all hospitals and of the 
Surgery. force employed there; it shall advise with respect to all questions 

connected with hygiene and sanitation affecting the service and, 
to this end, shall have opportunity for necessary inspection; it 
shall provide for physical examinations; it shall pass upon the 
competency, from a professional standpoint, of all men in the 
• Hospital Corps for enlistment and promotion by means of exami¬ 

nations conducted under its supervision or under forms prescribed 
by it; it shall have information as to the assignment and duties 
of all enlisted men of the Hospital Corps; it shall recommend 
to the Bureau of Navigation the complement of medical officers, 
dental officers, and Hospital Corps for hospital ships, and shall 
have power to appoint and remove all nurses in the Nurse Corps 
(female), subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. 

(2) Except as otherwise provided for, the duties of the Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery shall include the upkeep and operation of 
medical supply depots, medical laboratories, naval hospitals, dis¬ 
pensaries, technical schools for the medical and hospital corps, 
and the administration of the Nurse Corps (female), Dental Corps, 
and Medical Reserve Corps. 

(3) It shall approve the design of hospital ships in so far as 
relates to their efficiency for the care of the sick and wounded. 

(4) It shall require for all supplies, medicines, and instruments 
used in the medical department of the Navy. It shall have control 
of the preparation, reception, storage, care, custody, transfer, and 
issue of all supplies of every kind used in the medical department 
for its own purposes. 

Section 12.—The Board of Inspection and Survey. 

Board of In- 157. (1) The Board of Inspection and Survey shall be coin- 
spec ti on and posed, as near as may be, of one flag officer, one captain, three 
Surrey. commanders or lieutenant commanders (one being designated for 

engineering duties), one medical officer, one naval constructor, 
and an assistant adjutant and inspector of the Marine Corps, as 
members, and one officer not above the grade of commander as 
recorder. 


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CHAPTER 3. 


ORGANIZATION OF THE NAVAL FORCES. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 3.) 

Section 1.—General Organization of the Forces Afloat. 

201. (1) The principal naval force of the United States afloat 
shall he divided into three active fleets, as follows: 

(a) United States Atlantic Fleet. 

(h) United States Pacific Fleet. 

(c) United States Asiatic’Fleet. . 

(2) Each of the above fleets shall be commanded by a com¬ 
mander in chief, and in addition a commander in chief may be 
ordered to command a special-service squadron or other force 
afloat at the discretion of the department. 

Section 2.— Status of Ships. 

210. (1) Ships of the Navy will be divided into two classes, viz, 
in commission and out of commission. Ships in commission may 
be in either one of three conditions, as follows: 

(а) In full commssion. —Ships in this condition are fully offi¬ 
cered and manned, and ready in all respects for service, and either 
under orders or liable' to orders for service without previous no¬ 
tice. They may be temporarily disabled for repairs by order of 
the department, however, without changing their status. They 
may be attached to fleets, squadrons, or in the case of torpedo ves¬ 
sels and submarines, to flotillas; or they may act singly, or under 
the senior officer present. They shall fly the flag and pennant. 

(б) In commission in reserve. —Ships in this condition shall be' 
maintained at some designated navy yard or other suitable place, 
and shall he kept ready for sea on short notice. They shall 
have reduced complements of officers and men on board including, 
if practicable, an engineer officer and a carpenter, and fly the 
flag and pennant. The provision that they shall he ready for sea 
on short notice shall not be construed to prevent the carrying on 
of such repairs as may be necessary to keep them ready for sea, 
or as may be authorized by the department, but no work shall be 
undertaken on any of them that will render them unable to move 
upon the expiration of four working days after the receipt of 
orders, without first obtaining permission from the department. 
They may be assigned to fleets, or, in the case of torpedo vessels 
and submarines, to flotillas or groups, or they may be in com¬ 
mission in reserve independently. 

(c) In commission in ordinary. —Ships in this condition shall be 
maintained at some designated navy yard under the commandant 
and in such condition as will best tend to keep them in efficient 
condition for service if needed, under detailed instructions from 
the department. They shall have complements of officers and men 
on board only large enough to enable them to be properly cared 
for in the condition in which ordered to be maintained; their com¬ 
plements shall include, if practicable, an engineer officer and a 
carpenter. Necessary repairs shall be conducted on them, but no 
work shall be undertaken on any of them without special permis- 


Pcrniancii t 
fleets. 


Ships In full 
commission. 


Ships in com¬ 
mission in re¬ 
serve. 


Ships in com¬ 
mission in ordi¬ 
nary. 



sion from the department which would delay them longer than 
would be necessary to change them from the condition of in ordi¬ 
nary to that of readiness for sea service were no repairs in 
progress. They shall fly the flag and pennant; and may be as¬ 
signed to fleets, or in the case of torpedo vessels and submarines, 
to flotillas and divisions, or be in ordinary independently. 

Ships out of (2) Ships out of commission .—Ships in this condition shall 
commission. have no personnel on board, and shall be under the full control of 
the commandant of the navy yard at which they lie. They do not 
fly the flag or pennant. Repairs and alterations shall be carried 
on on board them as may be authorized by the department, or they 
may be simply held out of commission and not under repair await¬ 
ing the department’s instruction to commission or otherwise dis¬ 
pose of them. 

Section 3.—Organization of the Fleet. 


Fleet. 

Definition. 


Force. 


Names of 
forces. 


Establishment 
of districts. 


226. The word “ Fleet ” shall denote the aggregation of forces 
of various classes of vessels in one organization under one com¬ 
mand. 

A “ force ” is the major subdivision of a fleet. It is composed 
of all the vessels of the fleet that are of the same type or class or 
that are assigned to the same duty. 

Forces shall be named as follows: 

Battleship Force. 

Scout Force (including battle cruisers, armored cruisers, 
and scouts). 

Cruiser Force (including gunboats). 

Destroyer Force. 

Submarine Force. 

Mine Force. 

Train. 

242. The sea and lake coasts are divided into naval districts 
with limits and headquarters as indicated in the subjoined table. 


Districts. 


No. 


Limits. 


Headquarters. 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 


Eastport, Me., to include Chatham, Mass_ 

Chatham, to include New London, Conn. 

New London, to include Barnegat, N. J., and 
Porto Rico. 

Barnegat, to include Assateague, Va. 

Assateague, to include New River Inlet, N. C. 
New River Inlet, to include St. Johns River, 
Fla. 

St. Johns River, to include Tampa, Fla. 

Tampa, to include Rio Grande. 

Lake Michigan. 

Lakes Erie and Ontario. 

Lakes Huron and Superior. 

Southern boundary to latitude 42° N. 

Latitude 42° N. to northern boundary. 

Hawaii and islands of Pacific station. 


Boston. 

Naval station, Narragansett Bay. 
New York. 

Philadelphia. 

Norfolk. 

Charleston. 

Key West. 

New Orleans. 

Naval training station, Great 
Lakes. 

San Francisco. 

Bremerton. 

Pearl Harbor. 


Commandants 243. Each naval district shall be in charge of the “ Commandant 
districts. (designated) Naval District,” who shall be responsible to the 

Chief of Naval Operations for— 





























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(а) The efficient local defense of the district in accordance with 
the approved war plan. 

(б) The maintenance of an efficient information service in ac¬ 
cordance. with instructions which shall be prepared by the Office 
of Naval Intelligence. 

(c) The maintenance of an efficient communication service in 
accordance with instructions which shall be prepared by the office 
of communications. 

(d) The promotion of the military interests of the United 
States generally within the limits of his authority. 


CHAPTER 4. 


BOARDS. 

Section 1.—Organization and General Procedure. 

301. Officers on boards shall take their seats in the same order Precedence of 

of rank or seniority as on courts-marital. members. 

302. (1) The senior member or president of a board shall pre- Duties of sen- 
serve order, decide upon matters relating to the routine of busi- ior member, 
ness, such as recess, and may adjourn the board from day to day, 

at and to such hours as, in his judgment, will be most convenient 
and proper for the transaction of the business before it. 

(2) Should an objection be made by any other member of the Eyuaiity of 
board to a recess or adjournment announced by the senior officer, members, 
a vote shall be taken with regard to it, and the decision of the 
majority shall govern. 

303. No board shall transact any business other than an ad- Quorum, 
journment unless a majority of the members be present. 

304. (1) No member of a board shall fail in his attendance at Unauthorized 
the appointed times, unless prevented by illness or by some in- absence forbid- 
superable difficulty, ordered away by competent authority, or ex- den * 

cused by the officer ordering the board, except that a short tem¬ 
porary absence may be allowed by the senior member of the 
board. 

(2) In case of such failure, the senior officer present of the Absence re¬ 
board shall inform the officer ordering the board of the fact, and ported, 
also of the reasons for the failure, if known to him, in order that 
the vacancy may be filled, if necessary. 

305. A member absent during the investigation of any matter or Members vot- 
case shall not vote upon a decision with regard to it; but, if neces- in? after ab- 
sary to arrive at a conclusion, a reinvestigation may take place in sence * 

the presence of that member and of the interested parties. 

306. Members shall not leave the vicinity of the place at which Leaving vicin- 
a board is assembled, unless authorized to do so by the officer who *ty. 
convened it, or by his superior. 

307. (1) A competent person shall be appointed by the officer Recorder; final 
who orders the board to record its transactions and, under its report, 
direction, to draw up the final report, which shall be based upon 

the opinion of the majority. Such report shall be signed by all 
the concurring members. 

(2) Those who do not concur shall append their reasons for Nonconcurring 
dissent, and subscribe their names thereto. members. 

96220—17-3 




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Junior mem¬ 
ber to act as re¬ 
corder when 
none Is ap¬ 
pointed. 


By iv horn or¬ 
dered. 


Report of pro¬ 
ceedings. 


Limitation of 
powers of board. 


Authority to 
administer 
oaths. 


Forwarding of 
report. 


Authorization. 


308. On boards of survey and on other boards when a recorder 
shall not have been named in the convening order the junior mem¬ 
ber shall act as recorder; but the reports, based upon the opinion 
of the majority, shall be drawn up by the senior member and shall 
be signed as provided for in the preceding article. 

Section 2.—Boards of Investigation. 

310. (1) Officers commanding shore stations and ships on de¬ 
tached service, not being empowered to order courts of inquiry, 
shall order a board of three officers to investigate any casualty, 
occurrence, or transaction in regard to which the department 
should be informed, and may, when necessary, require an opinion 
on the merits of the case. 

(2) The board shall make a report in writing, stating fully, 
clearly, and as concisely as possible all the facts of the case, and 
shall give an opinion when required. The report, signed by the 
members of the board, and approved by the officer who convened 
it, shall be forwarded by such officer as provided in paragraph 5 
of this article. The substance of every such report shall be en¬ 
tered in the journal of the station, or in the log book of the ship, 
as the case may be. 

(3) Boards of this kind, although they may collect material in¬ 
formation from apparent or known facts, or from written evidence 
which they may possess, and may record the declarations of per¬ 
sons examined before them, will not take testimony under oath 
except in important cases in which the order convening the board 
expressly states that such board is authorized to administer oaths 
to witnesses in accordance with the following paragraph. 

(4) Any officer or clerk of any of the departments lawfully de¬ 
tailed to investigate frauds on, or attempts to defraud, the Gov¬ 
ernment, or any irregularity or misconduct of any officer or agent 
of the United States, and any officer of the Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, or Coast Guard detailed to conduct an investigation, and 
the recorder, and, if there be none, the presiding officer of any 
military, naval, or Revenue-Cutter Service board appointed for 
such purpose, shall have authority to administer an oath to any 
witness attending to testify or depose in the course of such inves¬ 
tigation. (See 183, R. S., as amended by the act of Feb. 13, 1911.) 

(5) In the case of naval boards of investigation, the report shall 
be made out in accordance with the provisions of article 1-5332, 
the original being forwarded to the Judge Advocate General of 
the Navy direct, except as directed to the contrary in the follow¬ 
ing sentences of this paragraph. The originals of the reports of 
the boards provided for in articles I. 940, I. 941, I. 1202, shall be 
forwarded through the regular official channels to the Navy De¬ 
partment (navigation), and the partial copies direct to the depart¬ 
ment (operations), as provided in article I. 5332. In the case of 
an investigation conducted by an officer or by a civilian official or 
clerk, in regard to a subject not pertaining to the military service, 
the report shall not be in duplicate, and shall be forwarded direct 
to the Secretary of the Navy (Office of the Solicitor). 

Section 3.— Boards of Inquest. 

321. (1) In all cases of death occurring in the Navy, as the 
result of an accident, or attended with unnatural or suspicious 
circumstances, the senior officer present shall order a board of 
inquest to assemble and investigate the matter. (See Art. R. 401 
( 2 ).) 


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(2) Such boards shall be composed of not less than three com¬ 
missioned officers, of whom one at least shall be of the Medical 
Corps. 

(3) Neither the members of the board nor any person that may 
be examined shall be sworn. 

322. (1) The board shall first proceed to the spot where the 
body is found, observe its position, examine into its condition, and 
note its surroundings, for the purpose of discovering if possible 
some evidence that may tend to throw light upon the matter. 

(2) The board shall then assemble in some convenient place and 
record all the evidence procurable relative to the manner in which 
the deceased came to his death. 

(3) The medical member of the board shall be required, after 
a careful examination of the body, to give his opinion as to 
the cause of death. 

(4) If the body of the deceased shows wounds or bruises such 
as to indicate or create suspicion that he came to his death by 
violent means, it shall be the duty of the board to ascertain, with 
as much exactness as possible, the precise nature of the wounds or 
blows and of the instrument by which they were inflicted; the 
person or persons by whom the fatal blow was dealt; if there were 
any aiders or abettors, and such other particulars as may afford 
the means of drawing up, with the precision required by law, the 
necessary charges and specifications against the person or per¬ 
sons accused of the homicide. 

323. (1) The record of proceedings shall be drawn up in the 
manner prescribed by the authorized forms of procedure. 

(2) In every case the board shall carefully investigate and 
state in the record whether or to what extent, in their opinion, the 
death of the individual was due to disease contraced or casualties 
or injuries received while in the line of his duty and not the re¬ 
sult of his own misconduct. 

(3) The record of proceedings shall be transmitted to the con¬ 
vening authority who, after indorsing his approval or disapproval 
thereon, with such remarks as he may deem necessary, shall for¬ 
ward it to the Secretary of the Navy (Bureau of Navigation), ex¬ 
cept as otherwise ordered by Article It. 401 (2). 


Composition. 


Oaths not au¬ 
thorized. 

Duties and 
procedure. 


Making up re¬ 
port. 


Opinion o f 
medical officer 
required. 

Procedure i n 
case of suspected 
violence. 


Form of rec¬ 
ord. 

Record to 
show whether 
death was 
caused hy an act 
of duty or mis¬ 
conduct. 


Section 4.— Examining Boards. 

331. (1) At stated or convenient periods, boards will be con- boards' 1 "!,!veiled^ 
vened for the examination of candidates for appointment or pro¬ 
motion, and such candidates shall be duly informed of the time 
and place of meeting. 

(2) The physical examination shall in all cases precede the 
examination conducted by the naval examining board. 

(3) If any officer of the Navy shall fail in his physical examina¬ 
tion for promotion and be found incapacitated for service by rea¬ 
son of physical disability contracted in the line of duty, he shall 
be retired with the rank to which his seniority entitled him to be 
promoted. (Act of Mar. 4, 1911.) 

(4) If, in accordance with the provisions contained in the fore¬ 
going paragraph, a candidate for promotion is found “ incapaci¬ 
tated for service by reason of physical disability contracted in the 
line of duty,” the board of medical examiners shall so state in the 
record of their proceedings, and shall so inform the president of 
the naval examining board before which the candidate has been 
ordered to appear for professional examination; and the latter 
board shall not proceed with the professional examination with¬ 
out further instructions from the department. 


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Composition. 


Interpreter. 


Procedure. 


Matter from 
files relative to 
candidate. 


Reports on fit¬ 
ness. 


Interrog a t o - 
rles. 


Witnesses. 


(5) When any officer on the active list becomes physically in¬ 
capacitated to perform the duties of his office, and the probable 
future duration of such incapacity is permanent or indefinite, he 
will immediately be ordered before a retiring board, and pending 
final action upon the question of his retirement will not be ex¬ 
amined for promotion. The foregoing shall not apply to the case 
of an officer whose physical incapacity develops after he has be¬ 
come due for promotion, and who may under such circumstances 
be examined physically by a board of medical examiners before 
being ordered before a retiring board. 

332. (1) Boards for the professional examination of officers of 
the Navy for promotion shall consist of not less than Jthree officers 
senior in rank to the officers to be examined, and they shall, when 
practicable, be selected from the same corps as that to which the 
candidate belongs. 

(2) The mental, moral, and professional examination of can¬ 
didates for appointment to fill vacancies in the lower grades of 
the medical, pay, and other staff corps shall be conducted by 
boards similarly constituted. No person shall be appointed assist¬ 
ant paymaster who is, as the time of such appointment, less than 
twenty-one or more than twenty-six years of age; nor until his 
physical, mental, and moral qualifications have been examined and 
approved by a board of paymasters appointed by the Secretary of 
the Navy and according to such regulations as he may prescribe. 
(Sec. 1379, R. S.) 

333. A competent officer of any branch of the service will be 
added, if necessary, to any board by which candidates are to be 
examined in a foreign language, or before which an investigation 
may take place wherein the services of an interpreter may be 
required. 

334. (1) The board of examiners shall be duly organized and 
sworn in each case in the manner provided for naval courts-maiv 
tial. It shall have the power to take testimony and to examine 
all matters on the files and records of the department in relation 
to any officer whose case shall be considered by it. (Art. R. 351.) 

(2) There shall be submitted to the board for its consideration 
all matters on the files and records of the Navy Department which 
relates in any way to the mental, moral, or professional fitness 
of the officer whose case is being inquired into, except such as re¬ 
lates to any fact which occurred prior to the last examination 
whereby he was promoted and which has been inquired into and 
decided upon, unless such fact continuing shows his present unfit¬ 
ness for promotion. The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation (in 
the case of marine officers, the Commandant of the Marine Corps) 
is charged with the execution of this regulation. 

(3) Reports made in accordance with the provisions of Article 
I. 707 and of paragraph 4 of this article shall be filed in the Bureau 
of Navigation (in the case of a marine officer, at the headquarters 
of the Marine Corps) as part of the officer’s record, and shall be 
submitted to the board of examiners for its consideration, and 
be attached to the proceedings in the case. 

(4) Interrogatories regarding any particular matter or incident 
touching the fitness of an officer subject to examination prelimi¬ 
nary to promotion, may, upon the request of such officer, be ad¬ 
dressed by the Bureau of Navigation (in the case of a marine 
officer, the Commandant of the Marine Corps) to any officer 
having knowledge of the facts. 

(5) Any officer may be called before the board to give evidence 
if deemed necessary. 


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(6) Witnesses, before testifying, shall be sworn by the presi¬ 
dent of the board. 

(7) Any officer whose case is to be acted upon by such exam¬ 
ining board shall have the right to be present, if he so desires, 
and to submit a statement of his case on oath. (Sec. 1500, R. S.) 

(8) The statement of such officer, if any be made, all questions 
propounded to him, and his answers thereto, with the testimony 
of all witnesses in the case, shall be entered in the record of 
the proceedings. 

(9) No officer shall be rejected until after such public examina¬ 
tion of himself and of the records of the Navy Department in his 
case, unless he fails, after having been duly notified, to appear 
before said board. (Sec. 1503, R. S.) 

(10) The onus of establishing professional fitness shall be held 
to rest entirely upon the officer under examination. The mental 
and moral fitness of the candidate shall be assumed unless a doubt 
shall be raised on either head, in the mind of any member of the 
board, from .the answers contained in any of the interrogatories 
or reports on fitness, from the general reputation of the candi¬ 
date, or from other sources of evidence of record. It shall be 
held obligatory upon any member of the board to decline to recom¬ 
mend the promotion of an officer until he is satisfied of the officer’s 
entire mental, moral, and professional fitness for promotion. 
The board, while careful not to do injustice to any officer regard¬ 
ing whom there is any doubt, shall take equal care to safeguard 
the honor and dignity of the service, recommending no officer for 
promotion as to whose fitness a doubt exists. 

(11) Any question of law arising before the board, and any 
communications relating to its proceedings, shall be submitted to 
the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. 

(12) The record of proceedings shall be signed by all the mem¬ 
bers and the recorder and be transmitted, together with all re¬ 
ports of qualifications and other documentary evidence which has 
been before the board, to the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. 

335. Such examining board shall report their recommendation 
of any officer for promotion in the following form: “ We hereby 

certify that-has the mental, moral, and professional 

qualifications to perform efficiently all the duties, both at sea and 
on shore, of the grade to which he is to be promoted, and recom¬ 
mend him for promotion.” (Sec. 1504, R. S.) 

336. Any matter on the files and records of the Navy Depart¬ 
ment touching each case which may, in the opinion of the board, 
be necessary to assist them in making up their judgment, shall, 
together with the whole record and finding, be presented to the 
President for his approval or disapproval of the finding. (Sec. 
1502, R. S.) 

Section 5.— Retiring Boards. 


To be sworn. 

Right of can¬ 
didate to be 
present. 

Record. 


No officer to be 
rejected without 
examination. 


The responsi¬ 
bility of the offi¬ 
cers under ex¬ 
amination and 
of the board. 


Questions 

law. 


of 


Auth c n t i c a- 
tion and trans¬ 
mission. 


Form of recom¬ 
mendation pre¬ 
scribed by law. 


Action by the 
President. 


341. (1) Whenever any officer, on being ordered to perform the Statutory pro¬ 
duties appropriate to his commission, reports himself unable to™ 1 ®™ tiicVv B " 
comply with such order, or whenever, in the judgment of the <crso avJ ’ 
President, an officer is incapacitated to perform the duties of his 
office, the President, at his discretion, may direct the Secretary of 
the Navy to refer the case of such officer to a board of not more 
than nine nor less than five commissioned officers, two-fifths of 
whom shall be members of the Medical Corps of the Navy. Said 
board, except the officers taken from the Medical Corps, shall be 
composed, as far as may be, of seniors in rank to the officer 
whose disability is inquired of. (Sec. 1448, R. S.) 




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For officers of 
the Marine 
Corps. 


Oath to he 
taken hy mem¬ 
bers. 


Oath to be 
taken by re¬ 
corder. 


Oath to be 
taken by wit¬ 
ness. 

Oath of Board 
of Selection for 
Retirement. 


Order for sur¬ 
vey. 


Boards of med¬ 
ical survey. 


(2) Said retiring board shall be authorized to inquire into and 
determine the facts touching the nature and occasion of the dis¬ 
ability of any such officer, and shall have such powers of a court- 
martial and of a court of inquiry as may be necessary. (Sec. 
1449, R. S.) 

(3) The members of said board shall be sworn in each case to 
discharge their duties honestly and impartially. (Sec. 1450, R. S.) 

(4) When said retiring board finds an officer incapacitated for 
active service, it shall also find and report the cause which, in. its 
judgment, produced his incapacity, and whether such cause is an 
incident of the service. (Sec. 1451, R. S.) 

(5) A record of the proceedings and decision of the board in 
each case shall be transmitted to the department, and shall be 
laid by the Secretary of the Navy before the President for his 
approval or disapproval or orders in the.case. (Sec. 1452, R. S.) 

343. (1) The commissioned officers of the Marine Corps shall 
be retired in like cases, in the same manner, and with the same 
relative conditions in all respects as are provided for officers of 
the Army, except as is otherwise provided in the next section. 
(Sec. 1622, R. S.) 

(2) In case of an officer of the Marine Corps, the retiring board 
shall be selected by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction 
of the President. Two-fifths of the board shall be selected from 
the Medical Corps of the Navy, and the remainder shall be selected 
from officers of the Marine Corps, senior in rank, so far as may be, 
to the officer whose disability is to be inquired of. (Sec. 1623, 
R, S.) 

Section 6.—Form of Oaths. 

351. The following oaths shall be administered to members and 
recorders of examining and retiring boards and to witnesses be¬ 
fore such boards: 

a. To members: 

You and each of you solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will honestly 

and impartially examine and report upon the case of -- -, U. S. 

Navy, now before the board and about to be examined. 

b. To recorder: 

You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will keep a true record of 

the proceedings of this board in the case of - --, now before the 

board and about to be examined. 

c. To witnesses: 

You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will make true answers to 

such questions as may be put to you in the case of-, now under 

examination by this board. 

352. The following oath shall be administered to members of 
the Board of Selection for Retirement: 

You and each of you solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will without 
prejudice or partiality, and having in view solely the special fitness of 
officers and the efficiency of the naval service, perform the duties imposed 
upon you by your appointment as a member of this board. 

» Section 7.—Boards of Medical Survey. 

361. A survey may be ordered by the commander in chief of a 
fleet, the commandant of a station, the senior officer present, or 
by a division commander in a fleet, upon any officer or other 
person under his command, on the request of the senior medical 
officer of the ship or station where the person is serving. 

362. (1) A board of medical survey shall consist, when prac¬ 
ticable, of three medical officers. 







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(2) If it be inconvenient to detail three officers, two will suffice. 

In extreme cases, or on board a ship on detached service, the sur¬ 
vey may be held by the medical officer of the ship. 

363. (1.) Reports of medical surveys upon officers and enlisted , Bcports of sur ’ 
men of the Navy shall be made in triplicate (through the com-' e> ‘ 
manding officer under whom the person surveyed is serving) to 

the officer ordering the survey, by whom they shall be acted on 
and transmitted direct to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for 
recommendation and further transmission to the Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation for final action. 

(2) Reports of medical surveys upon officers and enlisted men 
of the Marine Corps shall be made in like manner to the officer 
ordering the survey, by whom they shall be forwarded direct to 
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for recommendation and 
further transmission to the commandant of the Marine Corps for 
final action. 

364. (1) Reports of medical survey shall be made in accord- Instructions 
ance with the prescribed form. A definite opinion as to the origin for ma f kl,lg d - rc i 
of disease of injury shall be given, and a statement made in every surveys. mC Ca 
case of all facts and circumstances connecting the disease or 

injury with the performance of duty or exposure incident thereto. 

When no unfitness is found it will be sufficient to state the fact. 

When unfitness is found, and is regarded as temporary, the phrase 
“ unfit for duty ” shall be used; when permanent, the expression 
“ unfit for service ” shall be employed. The common name of 
the disease shall be used. Under the head of “ Recommendation ” 
shall be given the contemplated disposition of the patient. (Art. 

It. 2902.) 

(2) In the case of an officer, the recommendation may be de¬ 
tachment either with sick leave or for hospital treatment; or, if 
the unfitness is judged to be temporary, the officer may be recom¬ 
mended for hospital treatment, with a view to his return to the 
station. If the disability be deemed permanent, it may be recom¬ 
mended that he be ordered before a retiring board. 

(3) Enlisted men shall be recommended to be sent to hospital 
for treatment, or to be discharged. 

365. (1) When a person surveyed within the United States or Cases to be 
the waters thereof or contiguous thereto, including the Caribbean disposed of with- 
Sea and adjacent waters, is reported unfit for duty, and the report onfc delaJ * 

of the survey is approved by the officer ordering it, the recom¬ 
mendation of the board as approved shall be carried out as soon 
as practicable, except in cases involving discharge, travel, leave, 
or retirement, which shall be referred to the department. At 
training stations and on receiving ships the cases of recruits who 
are surveyed by boards of medical survey, shall be acted upon by 
the senior officer present, and the medical surveys, with report of 
action, shall be sent direct to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 
for further transmission to the Bureau of Navigation. 

(2) Final action upon medical surveys held outside of the limits 
defined in the preceding paragraph shall be taken by the senior 
officer present, except in cases of the retirement of officers or the 
discharge of persons enlisted in the United States. The reports 
of medical surveys shall be forwarded direct to the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery for further transmission to the Bureau of 
Navigation. 

366. When enlisted persons are condemned by medical survey Suryeys on en- 
in the United States owing to causes not incident to the service, {jtcd”*st”s. ’ 
their transfer to another station or place for discharge shall not 

be recommended. Whenever an enlisted man is sent to an insane 
asylum the next of kin shall be informed. 


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CHAPTER 5. 


COURTS OF INQUIRY. 


Section 1.—Objects and Constitution. 


Object and ad* 
vantage. 


Accident in* 
rolvlng loss of 
life. 


Authority t o 
convene, how 
vested. 

When to be 
convened. 


401. (1) In important cases, where the facts are various and 
complicated, where there appears to be ground for suspecting 
criminality, or where crime has been committed, or much blame 
incurred without any certainty on whom it ought chiefly to fall, 
a court of inquiry affords the best means of collecting, sifting, and 
methodizing information for the purpose of enabling the conven¬ 
ing authority to decide upon the necessity and expediency of fur¬ 
ther judicial proceedings. 

(2) Whenever an accident involving loss of life of any person 
or persons occurs on board a vessel of the Navy, at a navy yard 
or naval station, or elsewhere within the jurisdiction of the Navy 
Department, or whenever such an accident occurs elsewhere and 
it is possible that any person in the naval service is in any de¬ 
gree responsible therefor, a court of inquiry shall be ordered to 
fully investigate and report upon the circumstances connected 
therewith and to give an opinion in regard thereto. This court of 
inquiry shall be in addition to the board of inquest prescribed by 
article R. 321 (1). The court of inquiry shall in every such case 
ascertain whether the loss of life was due in any manner to the 
fault, negligence, or inefficiency of any person or persons in the 
naval service or connected therewith; and, if so, the names of 
such person or persons, and to what extent the fault, negligence, 
or inefficiency thereof contributed to the accident or to the results 
thereof. In every case where the deceased was in the naval serv- 
;ice or connected therewith, the court shall carefully investigate 
and state in the record whether, in its opinion, his death was due 
to disease contracted, or casualties or injuries received while in 
Ihe line of his duty and not the result of his own misconduct; and 
the court will set forth fully the reasons for its conclusion. The flag 
officer, commandant, or senior officer present shall at once order the 
board of inquest when such an accident occurs, and, if authorized 
by law to do so, the court of inquiry prescribed by this paragraph. 
If not so empowered to order a court of inquiry, he shall imme¬ 
diately forward the report of the board of inquest to the com¬ 
mander in chief of the fleet or squadron to which attached, or, if 
not attached to a fleet or squadron, to the Secretary of the Navy, 
who will convene the requisite court of inquiry as soon thereafter 
as practicable. In such cases the report of the board of inquest 
will be attached to and made a part of the precept convening the 
court of inquiry. 

402. Courts of inquiry may be ordered by the President, the 
Secretary of the Navy, or the commander of a fleet or squadron. 
(Arts. R. 55 to 60, inclusive.) 

403. Commanders of fleets or squadrons are expected, on the 
occurrence of any matter serious enough in their judgment to 
require thorough investigation, to order a court of inquiry as soon 
as practicable, and, on the proceedings being closed, to take such 
further action as may be appropriate or to submit them to the 
Secretary of the Navy at the earliest opportunity, in order that 
he may take such action thereon as may be necessary. 




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404. The composition of the court, either in regard to the ranlc 
of its members or the corps to which they belong, shall be regu¬ 
lated by the circumstances to he inquired into. In case the con¬ 
duct or character of an officer may be implicated in the investiga¬ 
tion, no member of the court shall be, if possible, his inferior in 
rank. And should such officer not be of the line, it is proper, if 
the exigencies of the service permit, that one or more officers of 
the corps to which he belongs be detailed for duty on the court. 
(Art. R. 702.) 

405. Should the number of members named in the order con¬ 
vening the court be reduced, the court can not proceed without 
authority from the officer who convened it. 

406. At the request of the president of the court, the command¬ 
ing officer of the vessel, or commandant of the navy yard or sta¬ 
tion, on board of or at which the court is held, shall direct an 
orderly to attend upoh its meetings and execute its orders. 

407. When a court is required to report facts, it is not to be 
understood that the bare record of the testimony is meant but 
also the result and conclusion of the court from hearing the 
evidence. 

408. It is the duty of the president of a court of inquiry to 
administer the oath to the .indge advocate and to the witnesses, 
to preserve order, to decide upon matters relating to the routine of 
business, and to adjourn the court from day to day, as, in his 
judgment, will be most convenient and proper for the transaction 
of the business before it; but should objection be made by any 
member of the court to an adjournment announced by the presi¬ 
dent, the question shall be submitted to and decided by the court. 

400. It is the duty of a judge advocate of a court of inquiry— 

a. To summon all the witnesses required for the investigation, 
and to lay before the court a list of them. 

b. To administer the oath or affirmation to the members of the 
court, according to the form prescribed by article 58 of the 
Articles for the Government of the Navy (Art. R. 58), and him¬ 
self to take the oath or affirmation required by said article. 

c. To record the proceedings of the court under its direction 
and control, and to append original documents or authenticated 
copies thereof to the record. 

d. To put the questions to the several witnesses. 

e. To assist the court in systematizing the information it may 
receive, to minute in the proceedings the opinion of the court, if 
called for; and to render to the court such assistance as will en¬ 
able it to lay all the circumstances of the case before the con¬ 
vening authority in a clear and explicit manner. 

/. In conjunction with the president of the court, to authenti¬ 
cate the proceedings by his signature. 


Rank and corps 
of members. 


Procedure i n 
case of a reduc¬ 
tion in number. 

Detail of or¬ 
derly. 


Facts defined. 


Duties of presi¬ 
dent. 


Duties of judge 
advocate. 


Section 2.— Method of Procedure. 

416. (1) Courts of inquiry shall assemble at the place and, as Rule of assom- 
nearly as practicable, at the time named in the order convening Wins* 
them. 

(2) The court on first assembling is usually closed until the Preceptandin- 
order constituting it, and the instructions contained therein, are structions to be 
read, and the original of said order shall be attached to the pro- rca ‘ 
ceedings. 

(3) The mode of procedure having been decided upon by the Parties intro- 
court, the complainant (if there be one) and the defendant shall duced. 

be called in, and the complaint or subject to be investigated shall 
be communicated to the accused party. 


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Whether open 
or closed court, 
how decided. 


Complai n a n t 
allowed to be 
present. 

Counsel al¬ 
lowed. 


Challenge of 
member. 

Emplo y m e n t 
of reporter or 
interpreter. 


Oath to re¬ 
porter. 


Oath to inter¬ 
preter. 


Defendant may 
be relieved from 
duty, but need 
not be arrested. 


May be pres¬ 
ent. 


Witnesses to be 
sworn. 


To speak only 
to facts. 


T e s t i m o ny, 
how recorded. 


Order of ex- 
a minalion of 
witnesses. 


Civilian wit¬ 
nesses. 


Order in tak¬ 
ing the evidence. 


(4) Whether the investigation sliali be held in open court or 
not must depend on the nature of the matter to be examined, and, 
if not specified by the convening authority, shall be decided by the 
court. 

(5) The judge advocate, as recorder, is prosecutor in the case, 
but the complainant or accuser (if there be any) may be allowed 
to remain in court and make suggestions to the judge advocate. 

(6) The parties before a court of inquiry, both the accuser and 
the defendant, may be allowed to have friends or counsel present 
during open court. 

(7) A member of a court of inquiry may be challenged for 
cause by either party. 

417. (1) With the sanction of the convening authority, a court 
of inquiry may avail itself of the services of a reporter or inter¬ 
preter, but such person or persons shall be sworn, and shall not 
be allowed to be present in closed court. 

(2) There being no form of oath fixed by statute, the follow¬ 
ing may be administered by the judge advocate: 

a. “You, A. B., swear (or affirm) faithfully to perform the 
duty of clerk or reporter in aiding the judge advocate to take 
and record the proceedings of the court, either in shorthand or 
ordinary manuscript.” 

b. “ You, A. B., swear faithfully and truly to interpret or trans¬ 
late in all cases in which you shall be required so to do between 
the United States and the party whose conduct is the subject of 
this inquiry.” 

418. (1) An officer whose conduct is to be investigated by a 
court of inquiry need not necessarily be held in detention for 
that purpose. He may, however, if necessary, at his own request, 
be excused by his superior or commanding officer from attending 
to the particular duties of his position during such an investi¬ 
gation. 

(2) It is the right of the defendant to be present at the investi¬ 
gation, although it is not obligatory upon him to take any part 
in the inquiry, unless he prefers to do so. He can not, however, 
refuse to obey an order directing him to appear before the court. 

419. (1) When the court is ready to proceed with the investiga¬ 
tion, the witnesses shall be called before it separately, and the 
president of the court shall administer to each the oath (or 
affirmation) prescribed for witnesses before general courts-mar¬ 
tial. 

(2) Witnesses shall be cautioned before giving their testimony 
to confine themselves to facts which are within their own knowl¬ 
edge. 

(3) The testimony is to be taken down regularly, in writing, 
and, as far as the nature of the case will admit, the same rule 
of procedure is to be followed as in general courts-martial. 

(4) Each witness shall be examined in the usual order, viz: 

a. By the party calling the witness. 

b. By the opposite party. 

c. By the court. 

(5) A court of inquiry is empowered to issue like process to 
compel civilian witnesses to appear and testify which United 
States courts of criminal jurisdiction within the State, Territory, 
or District where such court is ordered to sit may lawfully issue, 
(Art. R. 4542.) 

420. The evidence on the part of the prosecution is to be first- 
taken, after which the defendant shall be asked if he has any¬ 
thing to offer on the subject or any evidence to produce. 


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421. (1) The defendant shall be allowed, if he so desires, to 
testify in his own behalf, but he may decline to answer any ques¬ 
tions which may tend to criminate himself. 

(2) It is also optional with the defendant to abstain from 
putting any questions to witnesses, either on examination-in- 
chief or on cross-examination; he is equally at liberty to decline 
making any statement to the court touching his alleged mis¬ 
conduct. 

(3) If, however, the defendant should lay before the court a 
general statement or defense, he is strictly forbidden to publish 
it, or cause or permit its publication, until final action has been 
taken in his case. 

422. Neither the accuser nor the defendant can demand a copy 
of the proceedings. The evidence, of whatever nature, is in¬ 
tended only for the' officer convening the court. 

423. The examination of witnesses being finished, the parties 
before the court are to be allowed an opportunity of addressing 
it if they so desire. 

424. Finally, the court having been cleared and the' proceedings 
read over, the instructions contained in the order by which it 
is constituted shall also be carefully examined and scrupulously 
followed. 

425. After mature deliberation on the testimony recorded dur¬ 
ing the inquiry, the court shall proceed to report the facts, and, 
if so directed, an opinion on the merits of the case, and the pro¬ 
priety or expediency, or otherwise, of further action. 

426. The proceedings of a court of inquiry must be authenti¬ 
cated by the signatures of the president and the judge advocate of 
the court only, and are then to be submitted for the consideration 
of the officer convening the court, after which the court may 
adjourn temporarily to await his further instructions. (Art. 60, 
A. G. N., R. 60.) 

427. The proceedings may be revised as often as the conven¬ 
ing authority thinks necessary. New evidence may be received 
and recorded on every such revision, and any of the previous wit¬ 
nesses may be recalled and reexamined, provided, in either case, 
that all parties to the inquiry are present, if they so desire. 

428. As expression of opinion by a member of a court of 
inquiry might prejudice the accused party in case of trial by 
court-martial, it is held to be highly irregular and a breach of 
discipline on the part of any member to disclose or publish the 
opinion either of the court or of the individual members thereof, 
without the sanction of the officer to whom the proceedings have 
been submitted. 

429. The court is dissolved by the convening authority. 

430. The complete original copy of the proceedings of courts 
of inquiry, after action thereon by the reviewing authority, shall 
be forwarded direct to and filed in the office of the Judge Advo¬ 
cate General. The partial copy relating to material will be for¬ 
warded to the department as prescribed in Article I. 5332. 


Defendant not 
called to crimi¬ 
nate himself. 


Privilege 

defendant. 


o f 


Publication of 
defense prohib¬ 
ited. 


Copy of pro¬ 
ceedings. 


When parties 
may address 
court. 

Procec dings 
and instructions 
to be examined. 


Report of the 
court. 


Authentication 
of proceedings. 


Revision. 


0 p i n i o n of 
court not to be 
disclosed. 


Dissolution of 
court. 

Records, where 
to be sent after 
final action. 


Section 3.—Inquiry into the Loss or Grounding of a Ship of 

the Navy. 

441. Whenever a court is appointed to inquire into the cause the Toss Iff ships! 
of the loss of a ship, or of her having touched the ground, the 


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Documentary 
evidence to be 
required. 

Latest detcr- 
mination of 
ship’s position. 


Log book to 
be examined. 


When land was 
made. 


’Whether in¬ 
structions have 
been obeyed. 

Kxaminatio n 
of the ship's po¬ 
sition. 


Result of ex¬ 
amination. 


Documents to 
accompany the 
record. 


Official report 
of the command¬ 
ing officer to be 
required. 


Questions to be 
asked by court— 


—of the com¬ 
manding officer. 


—of the sur¬ 
viving officers 
and crew. 


following points, as far as pertinent, are invariably to be included 
in the investigation: 

a. The rough log book, commanding officer’s night order book, 
and the chart by which the ship was navigated, or one of the 
same, must, if practicable, be produced in court. 

b. The court shall investigate whether the proper chart, pro¬ 
vided by the Navy Department, was used; whether the position 
of the ship at the last favorable opportunity was accurately de¬ 
termined by observation or otherwise; and if not, when it was 
last accurately ascertained. 

c. Tlie court shall also determine whether the courses steered 
and the distances run on the day before the ship grounded were 
correctly inserted in the log book; also, when the error for local 
deviation was last obtained. 

d. If land was made, and the distance estimated before the 
ship struck, it is to be ascertained what steps were taken during 
the time it was in sight to correct the ship’s run. 

c. The court shall rigidly investigate the manner in which the 
instructions contained in the regulations, to officers commanding 
ships on approaching land, were observed. 

/. Some competent officer not attached to the ship, the loss or 
grounding of which may be the subject of inquiry, shall be <1 i- 
rented to work up the reckoning of that ship from the data ob¬ 
tained from her navigating officer, to enable the court to lix the 
true position of the ship at the time of her taking the ground. 

(j. The officer appointed to perform this duty shall submit to 
the court, in writing, attested by his signature, the result of his 
work, to the accuracy of which he shall be sworn. The position 
of the ship so determined shall be laid off on the chart by which 
she was navigated, as also her position when ashore, as deter¬ 
mined by cross bearings taken from the log book. The rate and 
direction of the tide stream and the time of tide shall be stated, 
if possible. 

h. Any of the documents referred to in this article which were 
used in the inquiry, with an attested extract from the log com¬ 
mencing at least forty-eight hours before tlie ship touched the 
ground, if pertinent, are to accompany the record of the court. 

442. (1) Whenever inquiry is made into the loss of a ship, the 
court shall call for the official report of the commanding officer 
of such ship, containing the narrative of the disaster, and this 
report shall be read in court in presence of the commanding offi¬ 
cer and of such of the surviving officers and crew as can be as¬ 
sembled. 

(2) After these survivors have been sworn as witnesses, the 
following questions shall be put to them, respectively, by the 
court: 

a. (To the commanding officer.) Is the narrative just read to 

the court a true statement of the loss (grounding) of the United 
States ship -? 

b. (To the commanding officer.) Have you any complaint to 
make against any of the surviving officers and crew of the said 
ship on that occasion? 

c. (To the surviving officers and crew.) Have you anything to 

object to in the narrative just read to the court, or anything to 
lay to the charge of any officer or man with regard to the loss 
(grounding) of the United States ship -? 




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CHAPTER G. 


DECK COURTS. 


501. Deck courts for the trial of enlisted men in the Navy and by 

Marine Corps for minor offenses may be ordered by the com- wko “- 
manding officer of a naval vessel, by the commandant of a navy 

yard or station, by a commanding officer of marines, or by higher 
naval authority. After consideration of reports against enlisted 
men for offenses not warranting punishment more severe than 
such a court is authorized to adjudge, the officers mentioned 
herein shall, in their discretion, cause the offenders to be brought 
before a deck court. 

502. A deck court shall consist of one commissioned officer only, Comstiutio* 
who, while serving in such capacity, shall have power to admin- a * d p 0 ** 1 " 8 * 
ister oaths, to hear and determine cases, and to impose, in whole 

or in part, the punishment prescribed by article 30 of the Articles ' 
for the Government of the Navy (Art. R. 30), but in no case 
shall a deck court adjudge discharge from the service, nor shall 
it adjudge confinement or forfeiture of pay for a longer period 
than twenty days. The order constituting the court shall be in 
writing. 

503. Officers shall not be ordered as deck courts who are below B»nk of mem* 
the rank of lieutenant in the Navy or captain in the Marine bera * 

Corps, except in cases where there is no officer of such rank, or 
of higher rank, attached to the vessel, navy yard, or station, or 
command, as the case may be. 

504. An officer empowered to order deck courts shall not desig¬ 
nate himself for this duty unless he is the only commissioned 
officer attached to the vessel, navy yard, or station, or command, 
or unless the subordinate officers are below the specified rank, 
in which cases he shall constitute the deck court and finally deter¬ 
mine the cases tried by him. and no order appointing the court 
need be issued, but the officer in question shall enter on the 
record that he is “the only officer (of the required rank) at¬ 
tached to the vessel (navy yard) (naval station) (present with 
the command).” In these cases no approval of the sentence is 
necessary, but he shall sign the record and date his signature 
in the manner shown by the authorized forms of procedure. 

505. Any person in the Navy under the command of the officer. Border, 
by whose order a deck court is convened may be detailed to act as 
recorder thereof. 

500. When an enlisted man is brought before the deck court for ioot te 
trial, he shall signify his willingness to be so tried by affixing his trU1 - 
signature t< • a statement to that effect in the record. If he does 
so object to such trial, he shall be tried for the offense by a 
summary court-martial. 

507. The officer ordering the court shall determine when and DeUjs. 
what cases shall be brought before it: but. whenever practicable, 
the trial 'hall take place within fort:.*-eight hours after the offense 
b committed. Delay in the trial of the accuse* 1 may be considered 
in adjudging sentence. 

503. Cases submitter! for trial by a deck court shall be accom- Pr*Tio*s mi* 
panied by evidence of previous convictions or by a statement to drtloM. 
tin* effect that none such exisr<. When previous convictions are 



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Procedure. 


Testimony. 


Record and 
approval. 


Power of re¬ 
viewing author¬ 
ity. 


Action of con¬ 
vening author¬ 
ity. 


Entry for log. 


Officer of the 
Pay Corps to 
certify to check- 
age of pay. 


Forwarding of 
record. 

Appeal hy ac¬ 
cused. 




considered in determining the sentence, a note to that effect shall 
he entered upon the record. 

501). The procedure as to counsel for the accused, swearing of 
the recorder, arraignment, pleading, swearing of the witnesses, 
prosecution and defense, direct and cross examination, certificate 
of medical officer, etc., for the deck court shall be the same as is 
provided for summary courts-martial. The deck court officer shall 
not be a witness for either the prosecution or the defense. The 
recorder is not empowered to conduct any examination of wit¬ 
nesses, this being a part of the duty of the deck court officer. 

510. If the accused, having offered no objection to trial by deck 
court, does not plead guilty, the officer sitting as such court shall 
summon the witnesses and administer to them the oath prescribed 
by aricle 41 of the Articles for the Government of the Navy (Art. 
It. 41). The accused may, at his own request, but not otherwise, 
be permitted to testify in his own behalf; he may also make a 
statement, if he so desires. The facts established by the testimony 
shall be submitted on a separate sheet to the convening authority. 
In cases of contempt the deck court officer shall report the facts 
to the convening authority for such disciplinary action as may be 
appropriate. 

511. The deck court, as soon as a trial is completed, shall record 
its finding and sentence in the record and submit the same to the 
officer convening the court, or to his successor in office, upon whose 
approval the sentence may be carried into effect. 

512. The officer within whose command a deck court sits shall 
have full power as reviewing authority to remit or mitigate, but 
not to commute, any sentence imposed by such court; but no 
sentence of a deck court shall be carried into effect until it shall 
have been so approved or mitigated, and such officer shall have 
power to remit any punishment such court may adjudge. 

513. The convening authority, or his successor in office, shall, 
after careful scrutiny of the record and of the testimony, if any 
be given, note his action thereon, with date and signature, due 
attention being paid to the foregoing paragraph. Should the only 
officer present with the command sit as deck court the finding and 
sentence shall be recorded in like manner. No other record of the 
proceedings need to be kept, and the results of such trials shall be 
published to the accused only. 

514. A brief transcript of the case shall be furnished to the 
officer of the deck for entry in the ship’s log, and to the executive 
officer for entry on the service record of the accused. 

515. Records of deck courts shall show, over the signature of 
the officer of the Pay Corps having the pay accounts of the accused, 
that the loss of pay, if there be any adjudged and approved, has 
been checked. In order to enable such officer to make the neces¬ 
sary certificate, the commanding officer shall forward with the 
record the requisite order for the checkage; such order shall be 
in duplicate, one copy of which shall be sent by the commanding 
officer direct immediately to the Auditor for the Navy Department. 
The order shall contain the following information: Name, rate, 
date of trial, offense (condensed as much as possible), and sen¬ 
tence as finally approved. If the offense is absence over leave or 
absence without leave, the dates of the beginning and ending of 
the unauthorized absence shall be stated. 

51C. The record of a deck court shall, when completed, be at 
once forwarded by the convening authority to the Judge Advocate 
General. Should the accused desire to make an appeal to the 
reviewing authority within the prescribed period of thirty days, 


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such statement ns he may wish to make shall be submitted in 
writing and appended to the record of testimony separately there¬ 
from, and shall be forwarded therewith to the Navy Department 
(office of the Judge Advocate General). No action by any inter¬ 
mediate authority is required. 

517. Deck courts are empowered to compel the attendance of 
civilian witnesses and to make use of depositions in the same 
manner as general courts-martial. (Art. It. 4542.) 


CHAPTER 7. 


SUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL. 


601. The following Articles for the Government of the Navy 
shall be consulted by officers performing duty in connection with 
summary courts-martial: 3, 4, 8, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 26 to 34, inclu¬ 
sive, 41, 42, 43, 47, 49, 51, 52, 61, and 63. (Arts. R. 3, 4, 8, 
13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 26 to 34, inclusive, 41, 42, 43, 47, 49, 51, 52, 
61, and 63.) 

602. (1) When an officer empowered to convene summary 
courts-martial decides after investigating an accusation against 
a petty officer or person of inferior rating that the accused should 
be tried by a summary court, he shall refer the case to such court, 
with the least possible delay. (Art. li. 1406.) 

(2) When the nature of the offense charged is of such character 
that the punishment which a summary court-martial is authorized 
to inflict is not adequate, the offender shall be brought to trial 
before a general court-martial, unless it is impracticable to do so. 
(Arts. 30 and 51 A. G. N.; R. 30 and 51.) 

(3) When a marine is to be tried by summary court-martial, 
one or more marine officers shall, if practicable, be detailed as 
members of the court. 

603. (1) When a trial by summary court-martial is decided 
upon, and a sufficient number of officers of the proper rank to 
compose the court are not under the command of the convening 
authority, the latter shall request the senior officer present to de¬ 
tail the additional officers necessary. (Art. R. 3910 (3). 

(2) The senior officer present shall, if practicable, comply with 
such request, in which case he shall, orally or in writing, notify 
the officers detailed. 

604. (1) The precept for a summary court-martial shall specify 
the personnel of the court and the time and place of meeting. 

(2) The convening authority shall deliver the precept to the 
senior member and, orally or in writing, notify the other members 
and recorder of their appointment. 

(3) A summary court-martial after its first meeting shall meet 
at the time specified at adjournment or, if no time was specified, 
at the call of the senior member, unless, in either case, the con¬ 
vening authority directs otherwise. 

(4) Summary court-martial duty shall be performed in addition 
to other duties, unless the convening authority directs other¬ 
wise. 

(5) Hours for holding sessions of a summary court-martial 
shall be selected with a view to as little interference with the 
performance of routine duties as the administration of justice and 
the interests of the accused and the service permit. 


Constitution, 
powers, etc. 


Trials not to 
be unnecessarily 
delayed. 


When offend¬ 
ers are to be 
tried by general 
court-martial. 


When marine 
officers to be de¬ 
tailed as mem¬ 
bers. 

Deficiency or 
members, h o w 
supplied. 


Senior officer 
present shall de¬ 
tail members. 

Contents o f 
precept. 

Notification to 
members and re¬ 
corder. 

Times of meet¬ 
ing. 


Members not 
exempt from 
other duties. 

When sessions 
should be held. 




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Meeting and 
adjournment to 
be reported. 

Senior mem¬ 
ber presides. 

Detail of or¬ 
derly. 


Summoning 

witnesses. 


Accused to be 
furnished copy 
of specification. 

Time to pre¬ 
pare defense. 


Plea in bar. 


Specification, 
how drawn. 


Recorder, the 
prosecutor. 


Evidence, rules 
governing. 


Record. 


Each case to 
be complete. 


(G) When a summary court-martial meets and when it ad¬ 
journs, the senior member shall notify the commanding officer 
and the officer of the deck, or officer of the day. 

(7) At sessions of a summary court-martial, the senior member 
shall preside, except when called as a witness. (Art. R. 012 (4).) 

G05. At the request of the senior member of the court, the com¬ 
manding officer of the ship or the commandant of the yard, sta¬ 
tion, or barracks where it is held, shall direct an orderly to be 
detailed to attend the meetings of the court and execute its 
orders. 

GOG. (1) The recorder shall summon all witnesses, both for the 
prosecution and for the defense; but he shall not, except upon 
written order of the convening authority, summon any person 
whose presence would require travel, or attendance fees, at the 
expense of the Government. 

(2) Persons in the naval service shall obey such summons and 
report, at the time specified, to the recorder. 

(3) Summons to persons under the command of the convening 
authority shall be transmitted through the executive officer or 
officer of the day; to other naval persons, through the usual official 
channels; and to civilians, in the mode best calculated to reach 
them. 

GO7. (1) The accused shall, as soon as practicable after it has 
been decided to bring him to trial, be furnished with a copy of 
the specification preferred against him. (Art. 43, A. G. N.; R. 43.) 

(2) He shall, after the receipt of such copy and before being 
brought to trial, be allowed a reasonable time to prepare his de¬ 
fense. He may be tried at any time after he announces in open 
court that he is ready for trial. 

(3) Should he submit a plea in bar of trial, the procedure re¬ 
quired by article R. 779 shall be followed. 

G08. (1) The specification shall be framed in accordance with 
the provisions of articles R. 712 and R. 713, a separate specifica¬ 
tion shall be used for each distinct offense, and two or more such 
specifications may be joined for a single trial. 

(2) When the offense charged is incompetency, it is essential 
to set forth the particular acts or neglect, upon which the specifi¬ 
cation is based; and it is necessary that more than one instance of 
such incompetency be alleged. (Art. R. 619 (6).) 

(3) When the offense charged is unlawfully having intoxicants 
in possession, it is essential to specify that the possession was 
“ unlawful.” 

G09. (1) The recorder, representing the Government, is the pros¬ 
ecuting officer. He shall offer only such evidence as is lawfully 
admissible; when in doubt he shall offer the evidence. 

(2) The court shall determine all questions as to the admissi¬ 
bility of evidence, and its decision thereon is final. 

(3) The rules of evidence which are applicable to trials by 
general courts-martial are equally applicable to trials by summary 
courts-martial. (R. 751 (2).) 

(4) The incidents of a trial shall be recorded in the order in 
which they occur. 

GIO. (1) The original order convening the court, and all orders 
altering the same, together with the original specification approved 
and signed by the officer ordering the court, must be prefixed to 
the record. 

(2) If, however, more than one case is to be tried by the same 
court, the order shall be referred to in each case subsequent to the 
first to show that the proceedings are continuous, and the record 
of each case must be made up separately. 


39 


611. (1) The court shall, immediately after it meets for a trial, 
examine the specification. The court may itself correct therein 
manifest clerical errors and, before the trial begins, notify the 
accused of such corrections. Technical errors shall be dealt with 
as in general courts-martial, the form of procedure for which is 
applicable to summary courts-martial where not inconsistent there¬ 
with or with the regulations governing the latter. (Arts. R. 715 
and. R. 774 (2).) 

(2) The accused must furnish his own counsel except as pro¬ 
vided in the next paragraph; a summary court-martial can not 
refuse to allow such assistance. 

(3) When the accused has no counsel, the court may, if he so 
requests, appoint a commissioned, warrant, or petty officer within 
reach to act as his counsel. Such appointment, however, takes 
effect only with the consent of such officer. 

(4) The record must show; by admission of the accused, or by 
other proof, that he received at a stated time prior to his trial a 
copy of the specification preferred against him. 

(5) After the precept and orders altering the same have been 
read, the accused shall be asked if he objects to any member of 
the court. The recorder may not be challenged on any ground. It 
is essential for the record to show that the accused was afforded 
opportunity to challenge. The recorder may also challenge mem¬ 
bers. 

(6) If a challenge is made and the court decides not to sus¬ 
tain it, the case shall proceed. If the challenge is sustained, the 
case shall be suspended and the recorder shall, as soon as possible, 
forward the record to the convening authority. If the latter ap¬ 
proves the action of the court, he may order a new member in 
place of the one challenged, or withdraw the specification from the 
court; if he disapproves the court’s action, he shall return the 
record to the court with his action thereon and the case shall pro¬ 
ceed. When a new member is added to the court, the order ap¬ 
pointing him shall be read aloud and the accused shall be afforded 
an opportunity to challenge such member. (Art. 47, A. G. N.; 
Art. R. 47.) 

(7) When proceedings in a case are, for any cause, suspended, 
a new case or other business before the court may be taken up. 

(8) After the accused has announced that he does not object to 
any member, or to any other member, and that he received a copy 
of the specification, the oaths or affirmations required by article 28 
of the Articles for the Government of the Navy (Art. R. 28) shall 
be administered. It is essential for the record to show that these 
oaths or affirmations were administered, to which end the entry 
may be: “ Each member and the recorder were duly sworn.” 

(9) After each member and the recorder have been duly sworn, 
the recorder shall read aloud the specification preferred against 
the accused, shall address him by his name and designation and 
ask him whether he is guilty or not guilty of the specification just 
read. The trial shall then proceed as provided for in general 
court-martial procedure. (Arts. R. 777, R. 778, and R. 779.) 

(10) The proper order for the introduction of evidence is as 
follows: 1st, by the prosecution; 2d, by the defense; 3d, rebuttal 
by the prosecution; 4th, surrebuttal by the defense. The court 
may, in the interest of justice, allow evidence to be introduced out 
of the above order and may, for satisfactory cause, allow the 
prosecution or the defense to introduce evidence at any time be¬ 
fore arriving at its finding thereon, but it shall not thereafter 
receive any new evidence except evidence of previous convictions. 

96220—17-4 


Correction of 
errors in speci¬ 
fication. 


Counsel for ac¬ 
cused. 


Receipt o f 
copy of specifi¬ 
cation. 

Precept, etc., 
read. 

Challenges. 


Action in case 
of challenge. 


New case or 
other business. 

Oaths admin¬ 
istered. 


Specificat ion 
read. 


Order for in¬ 
troduction of 
evidence. 



40 


Vi i t n e s s e s 
sworn. 


Member or re- 
corder to be 
first witness. 


Order for ex¬ 
amination o f 
witness. 


Testimony to 
be read oyer. 


Witness 

warned. 


Accused as 
witness. 


(11) Entries shall be made in the record to indicate the several 
stages in the introduction of evidence, as prescribed in the author¬ 
ized forms of procedure. 

012. (1) Each witness in a summary court-martial must, before 
giving his testimony, be sworn or affirmed as required by article 
41 of the Articles for the Government of the Navy (Art. R. 41).. 
It is essential for the record to show that each witness was duly 
sworn. 

(2) Testimony shall be recorded in the order in which it is 
taken and as nearly as possible in the words of the witness. 

(3) The court may, at its discretion, require that all questions 
before being put be reduced to writing. 

(4) If it is known to the recorder prior to beginning the prose¬ 
cution that a member or the recorder is to be a witness for the 
prosecution, the testimony of such witness should be taken before 
any other evidence is received. If the senior member becomes a 
witness, the member next in rank shall administer the oath and 
preside until the witness resumes his status as senior member. 
If the recorder becomes a witness, he shall during his own exami¬ 
nation continue his duties as recorder. In either case, the witness, 
after giving his testimony, shall resume his status as member or 
as recorder. 

(5) The proper order for the examination of a witness is as 
follows: 1st, direct examination by the party who calls him; 2d, 
cross-examination by the opposite party ; 3d, redirect examination; 
4th, recross-examination. The court may, in the interest of jus¬ 
tice, allow further examination and cross-examination by the 
parties. Any member of the court may put questions to the wit¬ 
ness, such questions being subject to objection in the same manner 
as are questions by parties to the trial. 

(6) The recorded testimony of a witness shall be read to, or 
by, him in order that he may verify, correct, or amend it. In re¬ 
cording corrections or amendments, the instructions given in 
article R. 788 shall be followed. 

(7) Before a witness withdraws from the court room, the senior 
member shall warn him not to converse upon matters pertaining to 
the trial during its continuance. This warning shall not be given 
to a member, the recorder, the accused, or counsel, if any. 

613. (1) The accused shall, at his own request, but not other¬ 
wise, be a competent witness; and his failure to make such re¬ 
quest shall not create any presumption against him. (Act of 
March 16, 1878.) When the accused testifies, the record shall 
show that it was at his own request, to which end the entry may 
be, “ The accused, at his own request, was duly sworn and testi¬ 
fied as follows.” 


(2) The accused as a witness occupies no exceptional status; 
he is subject to cross-examination and his testimony is subject to 
the same rules of evidence that apply to other testimony. 

Recorder to 614. Should the accused have no counsel, or incompetent coun- 
jissisi accused. sel> tlie recort i er shall, with the consent of the accused, assist him 
by presenting his defense in the most efficient manner, including 
the introduction of evidence in extenuation, or in mitigation, of 
the offense, as well as evidence of previous good conduct or 
character. 

Formula to 615. Whenever the court is cleared, the recorder and all other 
cleared c 0 n r 1 persons except members shall withdraw from the court room. 

The entry in the record to indicate that this regulation was com¬ 
plied with shall be, “ The court was cleared.” 


41 


010. (1) Oral arguments upon the admissibility of evidence, Matters to be 
or upon interlocutory proceedings, may be allowed, but shall not showu in record, 
be recorded. The grounds upon which objections are made shall 
be recorded. 

(2) When the trial is finished, the recorder shall so enter upon 
the record. 

(3) The conduct record of the accused during his current en¬ 
listment may be received in evidence between the finding and sen¬ 
tence under the same conditions as those prescribed for evidence 
of previous convictions. 

617. (1) If the court finds the specification proved, or proved Evidence of 
in part, and the recorder has stated that he has evidence of pre- thms^ancT ^en¬ 
vious convictions, it shall, after arriving at such finding, open and, duct record, 
the accused being present, the recorder shall introduce evidence of 

previous convictions, and also the conduct record, if the latter is 
desired by the court. 

(2) The evidence of previous convictions is introduced by the Evidence or 
recorder reading aloud, in the absence of objection, extracts from f i r 0 c j' io j 1 ls c ? n t vic * 
the log, enlistment "records, or descriptive books, general court- dnced. 1<m U r °" 
martial orders, or any other evidence of record showing the offense 
committed, the time of its commission, the sentence, and the 

action thereon; certified copies of such extracts must be appended 
to the record. 

(3) Evidence of previous convictions must refer to actual trials 
and convictions that have been approved by the authorities whose 
action is requisite to give full effect to the sentence, except in cases 
upon which action has been withheld and the accused placed on 
probation. Evidence of previous convictions must relate to the 
current enlistment of the accused, except when the last enlistment 
was terminated by sentence of court-martial or by discharge as 
undesirable by order of the department, in which cases all convic¬ 
tions occurring in the prior enlistment thereby terminated are 
admissible. In the cases of men serving under extended enlist¬ 
ments, convictions occurring prior to the expiration of the four- 
year term of enlistment, or prior to the current extension of such 
enlistment, shall not be considered as having occurred during their 
current enlistment. 

618. The court may find the accused guilty of the whole or of Finding and 
any part of the misconduct charged, according to the evidence, punishment, 
and adjudge punishment for as much as shall be found proved. 

619. (1) Summary courts-martial are restricted in their sen- Parts of two 
tences to the punishments specifically authorized in article 30 of £J ncc “'^ to S0 ^ 1 ’ 
the Articles for the Government of the Navy (Art. R. 30), but all combined, 
courts empowered to impose the punishments prescribed by the 
above-mentioned article may adjudge either a part or the whole, 

as may be appropriate, of any one of the punishments therein 
enumerated. Care must be taken, therefore, not to include parts 
of two or more punishments in a sentence. Hence, sentences to 
“ extra duties ” instead of “ extra police duties,” and to “ dis¬ 
honorable ” instead of “ bad-conduct ” discharge are illegal, as 
imposing a punishment differing in nature from those authorized. 

Also, sentences involving confinement on bread and water or on 
diminished rations are illegal unless it is expressly provided that 
such confinement is to be “ solitary,” although solitary confine¬ 
ment may be adjudged by itself. 

(2) A sentence of “deprivation of liberty” is illegal unless the Depriratiou 
words “ on shore on foreign station,” are added, and the court in of liberty, 
adjudging sentence shall not exceed the limit of three months. 

(Art. R. 3670.) 


♦ 


42 


Use of Irons 
abolished. 


Conlin e uic u t 
on bread and 
water. 


Extra police 
duties. 


Disrating for 
incom p e t e> n c y 
mandatory. 

Classificat i o n 
for disrating. 


(3) The use of irons, single or double, as a form of punishment 
in the Navy, is abolished except for the purposes of safe custody 
or when part of the sentence imposed by a general court-martial. 
(Acts of May 13, 1908, and Feb. 16, 1909.) 

(4) Summary courts-martial shall exercise care and discretion 
in resorting to the punishment of confinement on bread and water, 
and shall not adjudge it in any case for a longer period, consecu¬ 
tively, than five days. As a shorter interval on bread and water 
is less liable to work injury to health, the maximum interval al¬ 
lowed should be adjudged only in case of maximum offenses. 

(5) Except when the offender is serving on a. receiving ship or 
at a shore station, sentences involving extra police duties are 
undesirable, demanding from others increased watchfulness and 
supervision. 

(6) In the case of a person found guilty of incompetency, the 
sentence of disrating is mandatory, and such sentence is the only 
authorized punishment therefor. 

(7) In order to insure uniformity in the reduction in rating 
of enlisted persons by sentence of summary courts-martial, the 
following classification of the petty officers and other enlisted 
men in the Navy, and of the noncommissioned officers, musicians, 
and privates in the Marine Corps, arranged to show in each case 
their “ next inferior rating,” shall be followed: Unless the man’s 
current enlistment record shows that he was promoted to his 
present rate from some inferior rating other than the one indi¬ 
cated by the table, in which case his reduction shall be to the 
inferior rating from which he was last advanced, and it shall be 
so stated in the record of the court. 



Classification for Disrating. 


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45 


MESSMEN BRANCH. 


Rating. 


Steward or cook. 

Mess attendant, first class. 
Mess attendant, second class. 
Mess attendant, third class. 


MARINES. 


Class. * 

Rank. 

• * 

Chief petty officers. 

Ser¬ 

geant 

major. 

Quar¬ 
termas¬ 
ter ser¬ 
geant; 
quar¬ 
termas¬ 
ter ser¬ 
geant 
(Pay 
Depart¬ 
ment). 

Leader 

of 

band. 

First 

ser¬ 

geant; 

gun¬ 

nery 

ser¬ 

geant. 

Drum 

major. 


■# 

Second 

leader 

of 

band. 

Petty officers, second 
class. 

Sergeant. 



Petty officers, third 
class. 

Corporal. 



Seamen, first class. 

Private. 

Drum¬ 

mer; 

trump¬ 

eter. 

Musician, 
first class. 

Seamen, second class. 

• 

Musician, 

second 

class. 

Seamen, third class. 

- 

Musician, 
third class. 


(8) The sentence of “reduction to the next inferior rating” is When rcduc- 
deemed inappropriate to such offenses as “overstaying liberty,”** 0 ® 1 ® r »ting 
“ absence without permission,” “ attempting to smuggle liquor,” adjudged! 10 6 
“ liquor in possession,” etc., unless committed by a petty or non¬ 
commissioned officer; and even then it is appropriate only when, 

in the opinion of the court, the commission of the offense and the 
conduct record of the accused indicate that he can not be relied 
upon properly to perform all the duties of the rating in which he 
is serving. 

(9) The sentence of “discharge from the service with bad-con- when bad con¬ 
duct discharge ” is deemed appropriate only to cases in which duct discharge 
the offense committed demonstrates the fact that the accused is should not be 
an unfit person to remain in the naval service, and should not be ad ^ u ” scd * 
approved for continuous-service men except in extreme cases, and 














































46 


then only after careful inquiry as to the record and length of 
service of the accused. 

Amount of loss (io) In sentences involving loss of pay, the amount of money, 
tho Pa iength "eland not the length of time shall be stated, having due regard to 
time to be stated, the fact that not more than three months’ loss of pay may be 


Sente n c e 
signed. 

Record au¬ 
thenticated. 


imposed. 

020. (1) The sentence of the court shall be signed by ajl the 
members and by the recorder. (Art. 52, A. G. N.; Art. R. 52.) 

(2) After the proceedings in a trial have been completed and 
recorded they shall be signed by the senior member and the 
recorder, and the senior member shall transmit the record to the 


convening authority. 

Action of con* ( 3 ) The conven i n g authority shall scrutinize the record and 
it y! n s au or before approving the proceedings and sentence, satisfy him¬ 

self that the record contains all that is necessary, both as to law 
and fact, to support the finding. He may, if not so satisfied, direct 
the court to reconsider its sentence, or its finding and sentence, or 
to revise its proceedings, or he may disapprove the proceedings, 
finding, and the whole or any part of the sentence. 

(4) If the convening authority approves the whole or any part 
of the sentence adjudged, he shall transmit the record to the com¬ 
mander in chief, or in his absence to the senior officer present. 
Should no officer senior to himself be present, he shall, in sub¬ 
scribing his action upon the record, add to his ‘title the words 
“ Senior Officer Present.” (Arts. R. 3904 and R. 622 (1) (2).) 

Medical cor- 621. (1) Whenever any person is sentenced for a period exceed- 

ca e ro< i uired * j n g ten days to confinement on diminished rations, or on bread 
and water, there must appear on the record of the proceedings 
the certificate of the senior medical officer under the immediate 
jurisdiction of the convening authority, to the effect that such 
sentence will not be seriously injurious to the health of the pris¬ 
oner. (Art. 33, A. G. N.; Art. R. 33.) 

Remission of (2) The officer who orders a summary court-martial has power 
ers *of C conTeTdng to remi t, in P art or altogether, but not to commute, the sentence 
authority. * of the court. The convening authority, in mitigation of a sentence, 
can remit so much thereof as requires confinement to be solitary 
or on diminished rations; or in sentences involving bread and 
water, he Can increase the frequency with which full rations be 
permitted. It is his duty either to remit any part or the whole of 
any sentence, the execution of which would, in the opinion of the 
senior medical officer, given in writing, produce serious injury to 
the health of the person sentenced, or to‘ submit the case again, 
without delay, to the same or to another summary court-martial. 
(Art. R. 620 (3).) ^ 

Action by new (3) if a new court be ordered, it is restricted in its action to 
a reviewal of the record of the former trial and a redetermination 
of the sentence. No further testimony is to be admitted. 
sentence'* 11 ° f ^ N° sentence of a summary court-martial shall be car¬ 

ried into execution until the proceedings and sentence have been 
approved by the officer ordering the court and by the commander 
in chief, or, in his absence, by the senior officer present. (Art. 32, 
A. G. N.; Art. R. 32.) 

miiVgate r,t s c j* • (2) All powers of mitigation vested in the convening authority 

ience! may exercised by the commander in chief, or, in his absence, 

by the senior officer present. 

Vessel at navy (3) When the convening authority is the commanding officer of 
viewing” r author- a cruisin » vessel in commission, temporarily at a navy yard, the 
ity. commander in chief, or, in his absence, the senior officer of the 

cruising vessels there present,, and not the commandant of the 


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yard, is the authority whose approval of the proceedings and 
sentence is necessary before the latter may be carried into execu¬ 
tion. (Art. It. 3910.) 

(4) The commandant shall act as senior officer present upon 
the records of summary courts-martial convened by himself, upon 
those convened by officers directly under his command, including 
those convened by commanding officers of vessels there stationed 
in commission in reserve but not attached to a reserve fleet, or in 
commission in ordinary, and upon those convened by commanding- 
officers of vessels in commission temporarily at the yard but not 
attached to any regularly organized fleet or squadron. 

(5) When two or more vessels in commission meet, the senior 
officer present, for the purposes of this article, shall be deter¬ 
mined by the provisions of article It. 1003. 

(6) Sentences as finally approved by the convening authority 
and by the commander in chief, or in his absence by the senior 
officer present, except bad conduct discharges of marines, and of 
enlisted men of the Navy not in their first enlistment, may be 
carried into execution immediately after such approval. (Arts. 
R. 3609 and R. 623.) 

(7) In every case where a sentence involving bad conduct dis¬ 
charge has been imposed, it shall be the duty of the officer order¬ 
ing the court, before acting upon the proceedings, to spread upon 
the record a brief synopsis of the service of the person tried and 
of the offenses committed by him during his current enlistment. 

(8) In cases where the accused has been acquitted by the court, 
or where the sentence has been disapproved by the convening au¬ 
thority, the record of proceedings shall be submitted to the senior 
officer present in the same manner as though a sentence' requiring 
action still remained. 

623 . Such portion of a sentence of summary court-martial as 
involves discharge from the service with bad conduct discharge 
shall not be carried into effect until an order for discharge is re¬ 
ceived from the Bureau of Navigation or from the Commandant 
of the Marine Corps, as the case may require, except that men 
during their first enlistment, so sentenced, may, after approval 
of the proceedings and sentence by the proper authorities (Art. 
32, A. G. N.; R. 32) be discharged, without the above mentioned 
order, within the continental limits of the United States, and 
that men in the insular force sentenced by summary court-martial 
to discharge with bad conduct discharge may be so discharged in 
the Philippine Islands, Samoa, or Guam, according to the place of 
enlistment, upon the approval of the sentence by the senior officer 
present in Asiatic waters, or in Samoa or Guam, as the case may 
be. Men under sentence of discharge with bad conduct discharge, 
and on board a vessel about to proceed to a port outside the 
United States, may, upon order of the senior officer present, be 
transferred to the nearest receiving ship or marine barracks, ac¬ 
cording to the circumstances, or to a vessel remaining in port; 
provided that no expense for travel be incurred by such transfer, 
and that the Bureau of Navigation or the Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, as the case may require, be informed thereof. 

624 . ( 1 ) Records of proceedings of summary courts-martial 
shall be kept and made up in the manner hereinafter prescribed 
for records of general courts-martial and in accordance with the 
instructions contained in the authorized forms of procedure. They 
shall be transmitted direct to the Judge Advocate General. (Art. 
R. 826 et seq.) 


Execution o f 
sentence. 


Record of serv¬ 
ice and offenses. 


Procedure in 
case of acquittal. 


Bad conduct 
discharge. 


Record of pro¬ 
ceedings, how 
made up. 


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Tra nscripi 
from record. 


Court dis¬ 
solved. 

Pay officer to 
certify to check- 
age of pay. 


Civilian wit¬ 
nesses and dep¬ 
ositions. 


(2) Before such record is transmitted to the Judge Advocate 
General, a brief transcript shall be taken therefrom (except in 
case of acquittal) and furnished to the officer of the deck and 
to the executive officer for entry, respectively, in the ship’s log 
and upon the service record of the man concerned. This tran¬ 
script shall comprise the date and nature of the offense proved 
and the punishment adjudged as approved by the convening and 
reviewing authority, with the date of such approval. If the said 
punishment be disapproved or mitigated subsequently by the de¬ 
partment, an entry to that effect shall be made as soon as notice 
thereof is received. If bad-conduct discharge, or both, be included 
in the sentence, the final action in either case shall be similarly 
entered. The transcript and entries shall be authenticated as 
soon as made by the signature of the commanding officer. 

625. The court is dissolved by the authority that ordered it to 
convene. The order may be verbal. 

626. Records of summary courts-martial shall show, over the 
signature of the officer of the Pay Corps having the pay accounts 
of the accused, that the loss of pay, if there be any adjudged and 
approved, has been checked. In order to enable such officer to 
make the necessary certificate, the commanding officer shall for¬ 
ward with the record the requisite order for the checkage; such 
order shall be in duplicate, one copy of which shall be sent im¬ 
mediately by the commanding officer direct to the Auditor for the 
Navy Department. The order shall contain the following informa¬ 
tion: Name, rate, date of trial, offense (condensed as much as 
possible), and sentence as finally approved. If the offense is 
absence over leave or absence without leave, the dates of the 
beginning and ending of the unauthorized absence shall be stated. 
In the case of marines, certificate will be made by the command¬ 
ing officer of marines that the checkage has been entered in the 
service record book or on the pay roll, as the case may be. 

627. Summary courts-martial are empowered to compel the 
attendance of civilian witnesses and to make use of depositions 
in the same manner as general courts-martial. (Art. R. 4542.) 


CHAPTER 8. 


GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL. 

Section 1.—Constitution of Court. 

vomM, wll0m con ’ 701. General courts-martial may be convened by the President, 
by the Secretary of the Navy, by the commander in chief of a 
fleet or squadron, and by the commanding officer of any naval 
station beyond the continental limits of the United States. (Art. 
38, A. G. N., R. 38; act of Feb. 16, 1909; and “ Forms of Procedure, 
1910,” pp. 51 and 54.) 

<‘()urt mp0Sltl0n ° f 702. H) The composition of a general court-martial is pre¬ 
scribed in article 39 of the Articles for the Government of the 
x ( R - 39.) 

offlccrsM ma- (2) In detailing officers for a general court-martial for the 

rines. trial of a medical, pay, or marine officer, it is deemed proper, if 

the exigencies of the service permit, that at least one-third of the 
court be composed of officers of the same corps as the person to be 




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tried. No officer should be named in the precept as a member Possibility of 
against whom either the judge advocate or the accused can rea- g U ard<Td Vainst! 
sonably object when called upon to exercise the privilege of 
challenge. 

703. (1) When less than thirteen officers are detailed upon a Statement to 
general court-martial a statement that “no other officers than ( j er a,I< convcning 
those named can be summoned without injury to the service ” shall the court. * H 
be- an essential part of the order convening the court, as showing 

that-the requirements of the statutes relating both to the number 
and rank of members have been complied with, as far as the 
interests of the service allow. (Art. 39, A. G. N., R. 39.) 

(2) The limitations as to the number, rank, or corps of the limitations 
members is discretionary with the appointing power, and his deci- scret onary * 
sion thereupon is final. 

(3) Except in cases of emergency, the circumstances of which 
shall be reported in writing to the department by the convening 
authority, no officer shall be ordered as president or member of a 
general court-martial who is below the rank of lieutenant in the 
Navy or captain in the Marine Corps. 

704. (1) An officer detailed for duty on a general court-martial t M ®“ bers ex_ 
or court of inquiry is, while so serving, exempt from other duty, <j™y. rom ° ’ eT 
except in cases of emergency to be judged of by his immediate 
commanding officer, who shall, in case he requires such officer to 

perform other duty, at once communicate with the convening 
authority, assigning the reasons for his action. 

(2) When a general court-martial or court of inquiry adjourns to ^^Veported* 
. without day, or for a period of more than two days, the president 
of the court shall report the fact to the senior officer present, and 
the members of the court shall then be liable to other duty. 

Section 2. —Charges and Specifications. 

711. (1) It is entirely within the discretion of the officer em- Framing tho 

powered to convene a court-martial to direct what portions of the of c^fnTening^au- 
complaint against an accused shall be charged against him. thority. 

(2) When an offense has been committed by any person in the Suspension or 
naval service which may involve his trial by general court-martial, arcused™ 0 ” 1 ° f 
he should, in general, be placed under suspension or in confine¬ 
ment, as the case may require, while awaiting action and pending 
a decision in the matter. When the competent officer has decided 
to have such person tried by a general court-martial, he shall 
cause charges and specifications against the offender to be pre¬ 
pared, and transmit a true copy of them, with an order for the Accused fur- 
arrest or confinement of the accused, to the proper officer, who M f isho j 1 i with cop y 
shall deliver such order to the accused, together with the copy of piace/uSr^r- 
the charges and specifications, at the same time formally notify- rest¬ 
ing him that he is put under arrest, and, if an officer, shall re¬ 
ceive his sword. (Art. R. 1407.) 

712. (1) In drawing up the charges and specifications, all ex- Charges and 
traneous matter is to be carefully avoided, and nothing shall be b© C s^cchict 18 t0 
alleged but that which is culpable and which makes a prima facie 

case which the prosecution may reasonably expect to substan¬ 
tiate before a court-martial. 

(2) Offenses of a perfectly distinct nature must not be included Facts of dis- 

in one and the same charge and specification of a charge, but each cl “ ** 5* 0 f 
offense of a different kind shall be the subject of a distinct charge " e 
and specification. „ 

(3) It is not necessary to specify in a charge that an offense ^ refer*to arS 
w r as committed in breach of any particular statute or Article forcles or statute. 


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* i * ' - . 

(lie Government of the Navy, but whenever the' allegation Codies 
directly under any enactment it shall be set forth in the terms 
used therein. ... * • 

P( f( jV se8 1!ot (4) When the offense is a neglect or disorder not specially pro¬ 
vided* /or, P how v *ded f° r » it shall be charged as “scandalous conduct tending to 
charged. ’ the destruction of good morals,” or “ conduct to the prejudice of 
good order and discipline.” 

to bT^ritte^at No part of the charges or specifications shall be in figures; 

length. all numbers, dates, proper names, titles, and the like must be writ¬ 

ten at length and without abbreviation, except that Christian 
names other than the first may be indicated by initial letters, 
intent should (6) In cases where the law has adopted certain expressions to 
the ^uiguage of s h° w tbe intent with which an offense is committed, the intent 
the law. * shall be expressed by the technical word prescribed. For example, 
a charge made against an officer for making or for signing a false 
muster must be laid to have been done “ knowingly.” 

Where the law ( 7 ) i n all cases in which the law attaches higher criminality 
criminality * to a Cts committed under particular circumstances, the act must, 
acts. ' to bring the person within the higher degree of punishment, be 

charged to have been committed under those circumstances, which 
must be stated with certainty and precision. For instance, by 
sections 6 and 7, article 4, Articles for the Government of the 
Navy (Art. R. 4), the penalty of death shall, in time of war, be 
inflicted for desertion, betrayal of trust, or enticing others to 
commit these crimes; in a charge, therefore, under one of these 
sections, it must be laid that the offense was committed in time 
of war. 

Specifications 713. The specifications of each charge, one or more, must be: 
c ^ n arg ® s ’ how a- Brief, clear, and explicit.—The facts, circumstances, and 
intent constituting the offense must be set forth with certainty 
and precision, and the accused charged directly and positively 
with having committed it. 

b. Certain as to the party accused.—He must be described by 
his title and rank, or rating, Christian name and surname written 
at full length, with the addition of his vessel or service at the time 
the offenses with which he shall be charged took place. 

c. Certain as to time.—The time when the alleged offenses 
occurred should be set forth minutely and precisely. Should any 
doubt exist in regard to the time, it may be set forth in the 
specification that the act was committed “ on or about ” such a 
time, but the limitation as to date must embrace a reasonable 
time only. 

d. Certain as to place.—The place where the alleged offenses 
. occurred should be set forth minutely and precisely. Should any 

doubt exist in regard to the place, it may be set forth in the 
specification that the act was committed “ at or near ” such a 
place. But when the geographical position of a ship is not mate¬ 
rial to a complete description of the offense, such as the theft of 
another’s clothing or any other act committed wholly on board 
ship, such particular geographical position need not be specified. 

e. Certain as to the person against whom the offense was com¬ 
mitted.—In the case of offenses against the person or property 
of individuals, the Christian name and surname, with the rank 
and station or duty of such person, if he have any, must be stated 
at length, if known. If not known, the party injured must be 
described as a “ person unknown.” 

/. Certain as to the facts, circumstances, and, where intent 
forms an ingredient of the offense, the intent constituting the 
offense.—It is not sufficient that the accused be charged generally 


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with having committed an offense, as, for instance, with habitual 
violation of orders or neglect of duty, but the particular acts or 
circumstances constituting such offenses must be distinctly set 
forth in the specification. (Sec. 1023, R. S.) 

714. (1) Written instruments, or such portions thereof, as form Recital of writ- 
part of the gist of the offense charged, must be set out verbatim, teu llls ri,men s * 
with care and accuracy. 

(2) When the substance only is intended to be set out, it should 
be introduced by the words “ in substance as follows.” The word 
“ tenor ” implies that a correct copy is set out. 

(3) Where particular words form the gist of the offense, they 

must be set forth with particularity or declared to be of the like 
meaning and purporr. ... .. 

715. (1) After a charge has been signed by the proper authority the chargefTand 
and ordered to be investigated it is not competent for any person specifications, 
to make alteration therein without having first obtained the con¬ 
sent of such authority, except that the judge advocate may, with 

the approval of the court, correct manifest clerical errors. (Art. 

R. 774 (3).) 

(2) If a court-martial considers other alterations necessary in 
a charge or specification laid before it, the same must be submitted 
for the approval of the authority by whom the original charge was 
sanctioned previous to the arraignment of the accused. 

710. The letter to the judge advocate of the court transmitting c £?ges 

the charges and specifications on which a person is to be tried, or to be 8 prefixed 
a properly authenticated copy of the same, must in every case be to record, 
filed with the charges as a part of the record of the court. 


Section 3.—Duties and Privileges. 


721. (1) The senior officer in rank of a naval general court- 
martial becomes president thereof by virtue of his rank. 

(2) Besides his duties and privileges as a member, he is the 
organ of the court, and is empowered to keep order, and to speak 
and act for the court in each case where the rule has been pre¬ 
scribed by law, regulation, or its own resolution. But all the 
members have equal rights before the court and, therefore, when 
a question is raised in the course of the proceedings, the presi¬ 
dent shall put it to the court, and it shall be decided by the 
majority. 

722. Although the members of a duly constituted and organ¬ 
ized court-martial can not be dictated to or interfered with in 
their proceedings by the highest military authority, yet they are 
collectively and individually responsible in civil courts for abuse 
of power or illegal proceedings. 

723. (1) There is no power conferred upon a court-martial by 
law to punish its own members. For disorderly conduct a member 
is liable as for other offenses against the discipline of the service. 

(2) The president of the court shall be responsible that all per¬ 
sons called before it are treated in a becoming manner, and in 
all cases of impropriety, whether in language or behavior, shall, if 
necessary, report the offender to the convening authority. 

724. The power of the court to punish for contempts is pre¬ 
scribed in article 42, Articles for the Government of the Navy. 
(Art. R. 42.) 

725. Persons who willfully give false evidence upon oath before 
a court-martial, or corruptly suborn others to do so, may be prose¬ 
cuted in any court of justice in the United States and punished 
according to the laws in such cases. (Secs. 125 and 126, act Mar. 
4, 1909.) 


The senior 
member. 


Equality 
members to 
recognized. 


of 

be 


Responsibility 
for abuse of 
power. 


Punishment of 
members. 


Proper treat¬ 
ment insured to 
all persons 
brought before 
the court. 

Power to pun¬ 
ish contempts. 


Perjury or sub¬ 
ornation thereof. 


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Suspension 

proceedings. 


of 


Absence 

members. 


of 


Order from a 
superior. 


Detachment 
from ship or 
station. 


Illness 

member. 


of 


Custom in case 
of legal absence 
of member. 


Absence of 
judge advocate, 
effect of. 


726. When the proceedings of any general court-martial have 
begun they shall not be suspended or delayed on account of the 
absence of any of the members, provided five or more are as¬ 
sembled, but the court is enjoined to sit from day to day, Sundays 
excepted, until sentence is given, unless temporarily adjourned by 
the authority which convened it (art. 45, A. G. N.; art. R. 45), to 
whom report is always to be made when the court shall be reduced 
to less than five members, or when a longer adjournment than 
from day to day, Sundays excepted, appears to be necessary. 

727. (1) No member of a general court-martial shall, after the 
proceedings are begun, absent himself therefrom except in case of 
sickness, or of an order to go on duty from a superior officer, on 
pain of being cashiered. (Art. 46, A. G. N.; art. R. 46.) 

(2) In case of an order from a superior officer the provisions of 
article R. 1513 (2) shall be complied with. The report of circum¬ 
stances shall be forwarded by the member receiving such order to 
the convening authority through the president of the court, and a 
copy of such report shall be attached to the record of each case 
to which it applies. 

(3) The detachment of an officer from his ship or station does 
not, of itself, relieve him from duty as a member or judge advocate 
of a general court-martial; specific orders for such relief are nec¬ 
essary. (Arts. R. 1513 and R. 1514.) 

(4) In case a member is sick he shall, if able, request the attend¬ 
ing medical officer to report the fact of his sickness to the con¬ 
vening authority, and such request shall be complied with. The 
report shall be forwarded through the president of the court, and 
a copy thereof shall be attached to the record of each case to 
which it applies. When the member is able to resume his duties, 
the attending medical officer shall report such fact in the same 
manner as above provided. 

(5) In such case of compulsory temporary absence the court 
may excuse the member so absent from further attendance upon 
the case then pending, provided there still remain the legal num¬ 
ber of members present; but should that not be deemed possible 
or advisable the requirements of the 47th article of the Articles for 
the Government of the Navy (art. R. 47) shall be strictly complied 
with. 

728-. The temporary absence of the judge advocate at any time 
during the progress of the trial does not invalidate the proceed¬ 
ings, but, as the court has no authority to detail any person to 
act as judge advocate, it must, in case of his incapacity, adjourn 
from day to day until he is able to resume his duty or a successor 
is appointed by the convening authority. 

Section 4.—The Provost Marshal, Guard, and Orderlies. 


736. (1) An officer of the Navy not above the grade of lieu¬ 
tenant, or an officer of the Marine Corps not above the grade of 
captain, shall, upon proper application by the president of a 
general court-martial, be detailed by the commandant of the sta- 
Provost mar- tion or the senior officer present to serve as provost marshal of 
shal - the court. 

(2) In case of the trial of a petty officer or person of inferior 
rating of the Navy, or a noncommissioned officer, musician, or 
private of marines, the provost marshal may be either a petty 
officer of the Navy or a noncommissioned officer of marines, 
of provost mar- (3) When a prisoner in close confinement or arrest is to be 
shal. " brought before the court, the order shall be sent by the president 


53 


of the court to the prisoner’s immediate commanding officer, 
through the provost marshal, who shall be responsible for such 
prisoner in transit to and from the place of confinement, and for 
his safe return to the proper custody, when his presence is not 
required by the court. 

(4) Besides these duties, the provost marshal shall serve no- other duties 

tices to the witnesses and be in attendance generally as police provost mar- 
officer of the court. s “ al * 

(5) If the desired witness is a civilian living near where the Subpoena for 
court is convened, subpoena for his attendance may be served by ciTlllan witness, 
the provost marshal. Service is made by a personal delivery of 

the original to the witness, and proof of service by returning the 
duplicate to the judge advocate indorsed with the facts of such 
service. Any person, duly instructed to do so, may serve the 
subpoena, but the service must be personal. 

737. The custody of a prisoner belongs to his immediate com- custody of 
manding officer, and neither a court-martial nor its judge advo- prisoners, 
cate has any authority over the person of a prisoner, except 

when he is actually before the court. 

738. The necessary guard and orderlies shall be detailed by Details of 
the commanding officer of the ship, or commandant of the yard s«ard and order- 
or station, on board of or at which the court is ordered to convene. lie8. 

Section 5. —The Judge Advocate. 

741. (1) The authority to convene general courts-martial vested Appointment 

in commanders in chief of fleets and squadrons implies the power of i ud s® advo- 
to appoint judges advocate. ca e " 

(2) When, therefore, it is decided to assemble a general court- 
martial, the convening authority shall select a competent commis¬ 
sioned officer, who shall, if possible, not be liable to summons as 
witness in the case, to perform the duties of judge advocate, and 
shall name him as such in the order convening the court. 

(3) The judge advocate is, in his military character as an offi- Responsibility 
cer, responsible for the proper discharge of his duty to the con- of . Jud s° adv0 ' 

• i • i CflXC* 

vening authority. 

742. Upon being notified that a court is to convene, and having Duties before 
been furnished with such papers and instructions as are con- asseaib 1111 s a 
sidered necessary for his guidance, the judge advocate shall ascer- conr * 

tain that the accused has received a true copy of the charges and 
specifications preferred against him. 

743. He shall critically examine the charges and specifications. To examine 

in order that, prior to the arraignment, he may advise the court charges criti- 
of any technical inaccuracies that he may discover. cally * 

744. He shall call upon the accused for a list of the witnesses to obtain list 
he wishes summoned for his defense, and shall at the same time of witnesses for 
furnish him a list of the witnesses who are to appear against him. defei,sc > ctc * 

It is to be understood, however, that neither party is precluded 
from calling further witnesses whose attendance may, during the 
course of the trial, be found to be necessary to the proper admin¬ 
istration of justice. 

745. (1) He shall summon, through the customary channels, To summon all 
every person whose testimony is in any way necessary, whether to witnesses. 

the prosecution or to the defense; but he shall not, except by the 
order of the court, summon any witness at the expense of the 
United States, or any officer of the Navy or Marine Corps, unless 
satisfied that his testimony is material and necessary to the ends 
of justice. (Art. R. 4541.) 


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Notification to 
Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation. 


Civilian wit¬ 
nesses. 


Judge advocate 
to assist accused. 


T o examine 
proceedings o f 
court of inquiry. 


The charge of 
desertion. 


Preparation of 
case. 


To prepare 
place of assem¬ 
bling. 

General duties 
during the trial. 


Bights of par¬ 
ties to judge ad¬ 
vocate’s opinion. 

Evidence of¬ 
fered, ana ad¬ 
missibility. 


Rules of evi¬ 
dence. 


(2) Whenever the judge advocate of a court-martial convened 
within the limits of the United States has occasion to summon as 
witness any person in the naval service not on duty at the station 
where the court-martial is convened, and involving travel, he shall 
forward the subpoena to the Secretary of the Navy (Office of the 
Judge Advocate General), stating the necessity for the testimony 
of the person to be summoned, and requesting that the subpoena be 
transmitted to the person named therein for compliance. In 
urgent cases, but in none other, a request for the attendance of 
such witness may be made by telegraph. 

(3) A naval court-martial is empowered to issue like process to 
compel civilian witnesses to appear and testify which United 
States courts of criminal jurisdiction within the State, Territory, 
or District where such naval court is ordered to sit may lawfully 
issue. (Act of Feb. 16, 1909; art. R. 4542.) 

(4) Where the accused is without counsel, and especially where 

he is an ignorant or inexperienced enlisted man, the judge advo¬ 
cate will properly render him, both in and out of court, such 
assistance as may be compatible with his primary duty of effi¬ 
ciently conducting the prosecution. But he will especially guard 
against even suggesting that the accused plead guilty. * 

(5) The record of proceedings of the court of inquiry in the 
case, if any has been held, must be transmitted to the judge advo¬ 
cate, who shall examine it, to the end that he may, if practicable, 
summon all the necessary witnesses. (Art. 60, A. G. N.; art. 
R. 60.) 

746. In order to establish the commission of the specific offense 
of desertion, both the fact of unauthorized absence and the intent 
permanently to abandon the service or, at least, to terminate the 
pending contract of enlistment, must be proved. 

747. It is essential that the judge advocate be thoroughly in¬ 
structed as to all the circumstances of the case, and the evidence 
by which the charges are to be sustained, and he shall therefore 
inquire what persons have' knowledge of the facts, and to what 
particulars they can testify. 

748. The judge advocate shall see that a suitable place is pro¬ 
vided for the sessions of the court, and that it is supplied with 
writing materials for the use of the members. 

749. (1) It is the duty of the judge advocate, under the direc¬ 
tion of the court, to record its proceedings, to administer the 
requisite oath to the members, and to advise the court in all mat¬ 
ters of form and law. 

(2) On every occasion w r hen the court demands his opinion, he 
is bound to give it freely and fully, and, even when it is not re¬ 
quested, to caution the court against any deviation from essential 
form in its proceedings, or against any act or ruling in violation 
of law or material justice. 

750. The accused and his counsel have a right to the opinion of 
the judge advocate, in or out of the court, upon any question of 
law arising out of the proceedings. 

751. (1) The judge advocate shall offer only such evidence as 
is lawfully admissible; when in doubt he shall offer the evidence. 
The court shall determine all question as to the admissibility of 
evidence, and its decision thereon is final. 

(2) Members and judges advocate of courts-martial shall ac¬ 
quaint themselves with the rules of evidence and, as far as justice 
requires, apply them in determining the admissibility of evidence. 
Such rules shall be departed from in cases of necessity only which 
are created by the nature of the service, the constitution of the 
court, and its course of procedure. 


(3) Copies of nily records or papers in the Navy Department or 
War Department, if authenticated by the impressed stamp of the 
bureau or office having custody of the originals, may he admitted 
in evidence equally with the originals thereof before any court- 
martial or court of inquiry. 

752. (1) The .judge advocate is particularly to object to the improper evi- 
admission of improper evidence, and shall point out to the court ^Matter*to 
the irrelevancy of any testimony that may be adduced which does be objected to. 
not bear upon the matter under investigation. 

(2) Should the advice of the judge advocate be disregarded by Disregard of 
the court, he shall be allowed to enter his opinion upon the record, adTocaTe by 
Under such circumstances it is also proper for the court to record court, 
the reasons for its decision. The minutes of opinion and decision 
are made for the information of the revising authority, who 
should have the error or wrong, ,on whichever side it may be 
found, brought fairly under his consideration; but neither the or protest To *be 
judge advocate, the accused, nor any member of the court has any recorded, 
right to enter an exception or protest on the record. 

753. Justice being the object for which a court is convened, the delations oj 
judge advocate, although he is not for a moment to forget his and the* lie" 
duties as prosecutor, shall at all times prevent the accused, if hocused. 

be not assisted by counsel, from advancing anything which may 
tend either to criminate him or prejudice his cause, more espe¬ 
cially if he appears to be ignorant or inexperienced. Should the 
accused have no competent adviser, the judge advocate shall also 
see that no illegal testimony is brought against him, and shall 
direct him how to present to the court in the most efficient man¬ 
ner the facts upon which his defense is based. This includes 
ihe introduction of evidence in extenuation or in mitigation of the 
offense, as well as evidence of previous good conduct or character. 

Section 6.—Place of Assembly. 

761. Courts-martial shall be assembled and held in a convenient p ^ co of as * 
part of a ship or navy yard, or as may be ordered. The sessions 8e “ U blic ses . 
shall be public, and all persons except such as may be required sions. 

to give evidence shall be admitted. 

762. The time and place for assembling a court-martial being of Ti “® e y 1 „l 1>1 «ot 
distinctly stated in the order for convening, neither can be ®o bT changed, 
changed except by the convening authority, whose sanction must 

be obtained should circumstances render a change necessary or 
expedient, and the court shall assemble at the place and, as nearly 
as practicable, at the time named in the order convening it. 

763. No naval general court-martial or other assembly of :l be^heid* iil^or” 
judicial character shall be ordered or permitted to assemble or e lgn territory, 
conduct any part of its proceedings in any place subject to for¬ 
eign jurisdiction. 

Section 7.—The Tkial. 

766. After a general court-martial assembles in conformity to Accused and 
order, the person detailed to act as provost marshal, if there be Jaccd.™ “ T0 " 
one, the clerk or reporter, the interpreter, if any, and the accused, 

shall be introduced; the accused must appear unfettered, unless 
violence or escape is apprehended. 

767. (1) The accused is entitled to counsel as a right, and 

court can not properly deny him the assistance of a professional counsel, 
or other adviser; hut, unless by special authorization of the con¬ 
vening authority a stenographer is employed to record the pro- 


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Selection o f 
counsel for ac¬ 
cused by the 
court. 


Precept read. 


Right of chal¬ 
lenge. 


Judge advocate 
not challenge- 
able. 

Time for exer¬ 
cise of right of 
challenge. 

Action to be 
taken by court. 


Entry upon the 
record. 


Decision o f 
court conclusive. 

Action of court 
w hen reduced 
below live. 


To be sworn, 
etc., at each 
(rial. 

Judge advocate 
and court sworn. 


ceedings of the court, no person except the judge advocate and the 
accused shall be permitted to address the court, or to interfere 
in any manner with its proceedings; and, except when a stenog¬ 
rapher is authorized as above stated, all communications, motions, 
and questions should be made in writing. Permission to address 
the court orally may be granted to counsel for the accused by the 
court, however, when a stenographer is employed. 

(2) When the accused has no legal adviser, the commandant 
of the navy yard or station, the commander in chief, or the senior 
officer present, within whose jurisdiction the court sits, shall, if 
the accused so requests, detail a suitable officer to act as his 
counsel. If there be no such officer available, the fact shall be 
reported to the convening authority for action. An officer so 
detailed shall perform such duties as usually devolve upon counsel 
for defendant before civil courts in criminal cases. As such 
counsel be should guard the interests of the accused by all honor¬ 
able means known to the law, so far as they are not inconsistent 
with military relations. Enlisted men to be tried shall be particu¬ 
larly advised of their rights in the premises, and counsel detailed 
for them, if practicable, unless they explicitly state that they do 
not desire such assistance. 

708. The order convening the court shall then be read by the 
judge advocate in the presence of the accused; and in each and 
every case tried a copy thereof, and of all orders altering the 
same, pertaining to the case on trial, certified by the judge advo¬ 
cate, shall, after having been read, be appended to the record, the 
original charges and specifications being prefixed to the record. 
The original precept shall be returned to the convening authority 
when the court is dissolved, and shall in all cases be filed in the 
Navy Department. 

709. (1) The accused and the judge advocate have the mutual 
right of challenge. It is the duty of the judge advocate to ask 
the accused if he objects to any member of the court appointed 
to try him, and a minute of this inquiry and the answer thereto 
is invariably to be entered upon the record. 

(2) The judge advocate can not be challenged on any grounds. 

(3) As a general rule, whatever objection either party may 
make shall be decided upon before the court is sworn; but at any 
stage of the proceedings prior to the findings challenge may be 
made, by either the judge advocate or the accused, for cause not 
previously known. 

(4) It is customary, though not necessary, that a member ob¬ 
jected to should withdraw, after offering such explanation as he 
may believe necessary, and the court shall then be cleared and 
proceed to deliberate and decide upon the validity of the ob¬ 
jection. 

(5) The objection, the cause assigned, the statement, if any, of 
the challenged member, and the decision of the court shall be 
regularly and specifically entered on the proceedings. 

(6) The challenger can not insist upon his challenge in opposi¬ 
tion to the decision of the court. 

(7) Should the objection he pronounced valid, and the member¬ 
ship of the court he thereby reduced below the legal number, the 
court shall be adjourned and a report made to the convening- 
authority. 

7 70. Members of courts are liable to challenge, and must be 
sworn at the beginning of each distinct trial. 

7 71. (1) After the question upon the admission of the grounds 
of challenge shall have been decided, the oath or affirmation pre- 


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scribed by law shall be administered in the presence of the 
accused: (a) By the president of the court to the judge advo¬ 
cate, (b) by the judge advocate to the members of the court. 

(2) Until a court is duly sworn according to law, it is incom- Administration 
petent to perform any judicial act, except to hear and determine fuiiy* 1 ^howu * >e 
challenges against its own members, wherefore the judge advo- the ‘ record, 
cate shall enter on the record that the judge advocate and each 
member were duly sworn. 

772. (1) The clerk or reporter shall then be duly sworn by the Clerk sworn, 
judge advocate in accordance with the provisions of article R. 417. 

(2) No expense to the Government by the employment of a Employment of 
reporter, interpreter, or other person to assist in a trial by general interpreter or rc- 
court-martial shall be allowed by such court, except when author- f°£ ter ’ cxpcuse 
ized by the convening authority. 

(3) At the request of the president of the court or of the judge ci erk or re _ 
advocate, the senior offi«er present may detail some person from porter detailed, 
the enlisted or clerical force under his jurisdiction to act as clerk 

to the court. 


773. The judge advocate shall, for the convenience of the court, 
place upon the table several copies of the charges and specifica¬ 
tions on which the accused is to be tried. 

774. (1) The accused shall be asked whether lie lias received 
a copy of the charges and specifications preferred against him 
and on what date. The court shall then be cleared, the parties to 
the trial withdrawing, and the charges and specifications read 
aloud by the president to ascertain that they are specific, and to 
allow discussion of any doubts which may arise in the minds of 
the court with regard to the court’s jurisdiction, the relevancy of 
the charges and specifications, and whether the former are sus¬ 
tained by the latter, or, if a criminal offense is to be investigated, 
to see that the facts specified are described in such legal manner 
as will justify the court in adjudging, on conviction, a punishment 
adequate to the offense. 

(2) Should any doubt arise or objection be made to the charges 
and specifications by the court, or by either of the parties to the 
trial, the proceedings and the decision of the court thereon must 
be regularly and fully recorded and referred without delay to the 
convening authority, whose consent must be obtained before any 
alterations, except the correction of manifest clerical errors, shall 
be made in the charges and specifications. 

(3) Should the convening power authorize the judge advocate 
to amend legal defects in the charges and specifications before 
the accused is called on to plead, it is to be understood that in 
doing so the judge advocate is strictly responsible that the facts 
are not changed, nor the legal responsibilities weakened. He shall 
on every occasion communicate to the accused any alterations in 
the charges which were delivered to him at the time of his arrest, 
as soon as possible after such alterations shall have been made. 

(4) When the foregoing matters have been decided by the court, 
it shall be opened and, if no objection has been found to the 
charges and specifications, the record shall show that “ the court 
found the charges and specifications in due form and technically 


Copies of 
charges to he 
laid before the 
court. 

Receipt by ac¬ 
cused of charges 
and specifica¬ 
tions and exami¬ 
nation thereof. 


Objections to 
charges to be 
recorded and re¬ 
ported to con* 
vening author¬ 
ity. 


Amendment of 
defects in 
charges and 
specifications. 


Record te 
show charges 
correct. 


correct.” 

775. (1) The accused shall then be asked whether he is ready o{ rostpoueme^ nt 
for trial. If either of the parties desires a postponement, the 
application shall, if possible, be made before the arraignment. But 
an application to suspend the proceedings of a court for a longer 
period than from day to day, Sundays excepted, must be referred 
to the officer convening the court, who alone has the authority to 
grant the request. 


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Suspension 

proceedings. 


of 


Witnesses cau¬ 
tioned to with¬ 
draw. 


Arraign ment 
of the accused. 


Arraign in e n t 
and replies t o 
be recorded. 

Procedure 
when the ac¬ 
cused pleads 
guilty. 

Accused m a y 
introduce evi¬ 
dence in exten¬ 
uation. 


No evidence to 
be taken by 
prosecution. 


When the plea 
is “ not guilty.” 


Accused may 
change plea. 


W r hen the plea 
is “guilty in less 
degree than 
charged.” 


Pleas in bar of 
trial. 


(2) In the absence of a material witness, or for other sufficient 
cause, a general court-martial may suspend proceedings in a case 
from day to day, Sundays excepted, and take up a new case or 
other business. A case thus suspended must be called up daily, 
in compliance with article R. 726. 

776. Before the charges and specifications are read to the 
accused, the president of the court shall caution all witnesses in 
the case to withdraw and not to return until they are officially 
called. In the outset of each day’s proceedings the warning to 
withdraw shall be repeated to all who are cited as witnesses and 
may chance to be present. 

7 7 7. (1) The judge advocate shall then read aloud in open court 
the letter of transmittal, and the accompanying charges and speci¬ 
fications against the accused, shall address the hitter by his name 
and designation, and ask him whether he is guilty or not guilty 
of each specification and each charge jus thread, 

(2) The questions constituting the arraignment, and tlie an¬ 
swers to them, if any be given, must be distinctly recorded. 

7 78. (1) Should the accused plead either “guilty,” or “guilty 
in a less degree than charged,” the court shall warn him that he 
thereby precludes himself from the benefits of a regular defense 
by the former plea, and as to the acts confessed by the latter. 

(2) After this warning, should the accused persist in a plea of 
guilty, the court, before proceeding to deliberate and determine 
upon the sentence, shall allow him to urge anything lie may desire 
to offer in extenuation of his conduct, to call witnesses to char¬ 
acter, and offer any other evidence of a strictly palliative nature ; 
and the judge advocate shall have the right to cross-examine such 
witnesses and introduce evidence in rebuttal. 

(3) As by the plea of “guilty” everything alleged is admitted, 
no evidence shall, when such plea is offered, be taken by the prose¬ 
cution unless in the judgment of the court such course be neces¬ 
sary in order to show all the circumstances of the offense either in 
mitigation or aggravation. 

(4) If the accused plead “not guilty,” or stand mute, or if, 
after making objections to the court which it overrules, he refuses 
to offer evidence or to make any defense, the trial shall proceed 
as if he had pleaded not guilty. 

(5) The accused may, at the discretion of the court, be allowed 
at any time before the trial is finished to substitute for a plea of 
“guilty” or “guilty in less degree than charged” a plea of “not 
guilty,” or vice verm. 

(6) If, after a plea of “ guilty in less degree than charged,” the 
court decided to proceed with the trial of the accused for the 
greater offense with which he is charged, such plea in less degree 
shall be rejected and the accused advised by the judge advocate to 
substitute a plea of “ not guilty.” Should the accused decline to 
plead thus, as advised, the court shall direct the trial to proceed 
as if the plea of “ not guilty ” had been entered, and the prosecu¬ 
tion shall then be put to the proof of every allegation contained in 
the specification. Save in exceptional cases, a court-martial should 
try the accused for the offense as charged. 

779. (1) Pleas in bar of trial are sometimes submitted by the 
accused for the consideration of the court. These may be either 
to the jurisdiction of the court or special pleas which go to the 
merits of the case. Whatever the plea may be, it must be fully 
recorded in the proceedings. If a written statement of the plea 
be handed into court, it shall be read and appended to the record. 


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(2) If the plea be admitted as valid, an extract from the pro¬ 
ceedings of the court shall be forwarded to the convening author- 


Procedure 
when plea i s 

, . . , . deemed valid, 

ity for Ins information; but if the plea be considered invalid, the and when in¬ 
decision of the court shall be communicated to the accused on the valid, 
court being opened, it shall be duly recorded, and the trial shall 
proceed. 


780. (1) The proper order for the introduction of evidence is Order lor in- 
as follows: 1st, by the prosecution; 2d, by the defense; 3d, re_ evidence 0 " ° f 
buttal by the prosecution; 4tli. surrebuttal by the defense; the 
beginning and end of each of these steps shall be noted in the 
record. The court may, in the interest of justice, allow evidence 
to be introduced out of the above order and may, for satisfactory 
cause, allow the prosecution or the defense to introduce evidence 
at any time before arriving at its findings thereon, but it shall 
not thereafter receive any new evidence except evidence of pre¬ 
vious convictions. 


(2) When documentary evidence is offered, it must be in public Documentary 
session of the court and, if admitted, the document in full, or an evidence, 
authenticated copy thereof, must be appended to the record. 

781. (1) Should either of the parties take exception to the Exceptions to 
competency of any witness, such exception must be stated in open competency of 
court, and, together with the decision of the court thereupon, witnesses, 
must be fully recorded in the proceedings. 

(2) As a general rule, exceptions to the competency of a wit¬ 
ness shall be stated before he is sworn, but at whatever stage 
of the trial the incompetency of a witness appears the court may 
arrest the evidence and disregard his testimony. 

782. (1) If any member of the court or the judge advocate is Members or 
required to testify for the prosecution, he should be the first jHdge advocate 
witness called. Should the president of the court become a wit- as witnesses, 
ness, the oath or affirmation shall be administered to him by the 

member next in rank, who shall preside during the progress of 
his examination. If the judge advocate be a witness he shall 
record his own testimony, unless the employment of a stenog¬ 
rapher has been authorized by the convening authority. 

(2) When a member of the court, the judge advocate, the ac¬ 
cused, or his counsel has completed his testimony, an entry shall 
be made to the effect that the witness resumed his status as a 
member, judge advocate, accused, or counsel. 

783. (1) The oath or affirmation prescribed by law shall be All witnesses 
administered to each witness by the president of the court, into be sworn, 
open court and in presence of the accused. 

(2) The particular form in which the prescribed oath or affirm Form of ad- 
mation may be taken is not essential; witnesses, therefore, shall ministration oi 
be sworn according to the peculiar ceremonies of their sown re- oatl1, 
ligion, or in such manner as they may deem binding on their own 


consciences. 

784. (1) After each witness has been duly sworn the judge Record to show 
advocate shall enter a minute on the proceedings that this has the swearing and 
been done, and, having ascertained the full name, rank, and dis- pach 11 wit ness. 01 
tinctive conditions of the witness, shall record them at length, in 

order to fix his identity. 

(2) The witness shall also, if called to testify to the acts of the Recognition of 
accused, be required to identify him, either by name or otherwise, accused, 
to the end that his testimony shall appear relevant to the case. 

785. Before a witness shall be examined, the general charges Reading 
may be read to him, if the court thinks proper; but the specifica* charges to wit- 
tions shall not be read to him, particularly when they are so ness ’ 
worded as to instruct him how to answer or to make known to 

him the minute facts of the case. 


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Order of exam¬ 
ination of wit¬ 
ness. 


Questions to 
witness to be in 
writing. 

Objections to 
questions, Ii o w 
decided. 


Deliberations 
to be in closed 
court. 


Evidence, how 
recorded. 


Testimony to 
be read over to 
witness. 


Amendment of 
testimony, how 
recorded. 


Amend rnent, 
when allowed. 


Withdrawal of 

witness to be re¬ 
corded. 


780. The proper order for the examination of a witness is as 
follows: 1st, direct examination by the party who calls him; 2d. 
cross-examination by the opposite party; 3d, redirect exami¬ 
nation ; 4th, recross-examination. The court may, in the interest 
of justice, allow further examination by the parties. Any mem¬ 
ber of the court may put questions to the witness, such questions 
being subject to objection in the same manner as are questions 
by parties to the trial. Upon new matter elicited by the examina¬ 
tion of the court, the judge advocate and the accused may, within 
the discretion of the court, further examine the witness. 

787. (1) Questions to be propounded to a witness shall be re¬ 
duced to writing, except in cases where the employment of a 
stenographer is authorized by the convening authority. 

(2) Should objection be made to any proposed question, or to 
the reception of any testimony, the court shall proceed at once to 
determine the same; and the question or matter objected to, with 
the court’s decision, shall he recorded in full in the minutes of 
the proceedings. 

(3) Deliberations upon any questions of this, or of any other 
character, shall be conducted in closed court, the accused being 
informed of the action the court has taken when the doors are 
opened ; and whenever the court is closed for deliberation, either 
upon objection made or for final consideration of the case, the 
judge advocate of the court shall withdraw and the expression 
“ the court was cleared ” shall he understood as including such 
withdrawal. 

788. (1) All evidence, whatever its nature', shall be recorded 
on the proceeedings in the order in which it is received by the 
coitrt, and as nearly ns possible in the words of the witness. 

(2) When the examination of a witness is closed, the whole of 
his testimonv shall be read to or by him, in order that lie may 
verify, correct, or amend it. When the employment of a stenog¬ 
rapher is authorized, witnesses may, at the discretion of the court, 
read over, out of court, their testimony as recorded and be called 
before the court to correct, amend, or pronounce it to be correct. 

(3) In recording corrections or amendments made by a witness, 
no erasure or obliteration is under any circumstances to be ad¬ 
mitted. The correction or amendment made, and any remark or 
explanation the witness may have to make, shall be separately 
and distinctly entered on the proceedings. 

(4) A witness who has approved his testimony may, even upon 
a subsequent day, bo readmitted, at his request, for the purpose of 
correcting or amending the same. 

780. When the court has finished with a witness, he shall be 
directed to retire, and a minute shall he entered on the record to 

witness withdraws, to show that two witnesses 
at the same time. Witnesses are also to be 
are not to converse on any matter pertaining to 
during its continuance, but such warning shall 


Prose c ti I i o n 
closed. 

Accused ns wit¬ 
ness. 


Defense closed. 


(.lie effect that the 
are not in court 
warned that they 
(lie pending trial 
not be given to a member, the judge advocate, the accused, or 
counsel, if any. 

790. After the prosecution has closed no further evidence on its 
part shall be admitted except by special permission of the court. 

791. The accused shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, 
he allowed to testify in his own behalf; but his failure to make 
such request shall not create any presumption against him (Art 
R-613.) 

792. (1) After the defense has closed no evidence on its 
shall be admitted except by special permission of the court. 


part 


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(2) The accused shall be at liberty to make a statement in Written de¬ 
writing, or, if an official stenographer be present, orally, either in fense ’ 
person or by counsel. This statement, if written, he shall submit 

to the court for inspection before it is publicly read, and, if it con¬ 
tains anything disrespectful, the court may prevent that part from 
being read; but the whole shall be' appended to the proceedings, 
or recorded as a part thereof, if the accused desires it, and he 
shall be held responsible for the same. 

(3) The statement of the accused is a personal declaration or statement of 
defense and can not legally be acted upon as evidence by the court. " ccused not evi - 
It has a threefold function: First, as a modification of the plea dence * 
which must be considered by the court; second, as a summing up 

and closing argument for the defense, which may be considered 
by the court; and, third, as a plea tor leniency which may not be 
considered by the court except in recommending the accused to 
the clemency of the revising authority. 

(4) Any averments or facts embraced in the statement may, of 
course, be proved by testimony, but unless so proved it is not 
within the province of the court to take judicial cognizance of 
them in determining the culpability or innocence of the accused. 

703. The judge advocate, as prosecutor, has the right to reply Reply of judge 
to the defense in writing, or, if an official stenographer be present, advocate, 
orally, and shall be allowed time for this purpose if he require it. 

If counsel be detailed by the convening authority to assist the 
judge advocate, the court shall give him equal facilities with the 
counsel for the accused in the performance of his duties. 

704. The court is at liberty at any stage of the proceedings, Witnesses rc- 
before finding, to recall and reexamine a witness if it so desires; called> 

all the parties must, however, be present. 

705. When the accused and the judge advocate have laid their Trial finished, 
respective cases before the court, the trial is finished, and this 
circumstance shall invariably be recorded. The judge advocate 

shall state whether or not he has evidence of previous convictions. 

Section S.— Finding and Sentence. 


801. The court shall then be closed, all persons except members 
withdrawing, and shall proceed to examine such part of the evi¬ 
dence as may be indicated by the members, together with the argu¬ 
ments in the case. 

802. (1) When the court has sufficiently examined the evidence, 
the president of the court shall put the question upon each specifi¬ 
cation of each charge, beginning with the first, whether the 
tpecification is “ proved,” “ not proved,” or “ proved in part.” 

(2) Each member shall write “proved,” “not proved,” or 
“ proved in part,” and if “ in part,” what part, over his signa¬ 
ture, and shall hand his vote to the president of the court, who, 
when he has received all the votes upon such specification, shall 
read them aloud, being careful not to disclose whose vote he is 
reading. 

(3) No written minute of the votes shall be preserved, unless so 
ordered by the unanimous vote of the court. 

(4) The court shall deliberate and consider until a majority 
agrees upon a finding, which shall then be recorded. 

(5) When the accused has pleaded “guilty,” the proper finding 
is, for the specification “ proved by plea ” and for the charge, 
simply “ guilty.” 

803. (1) When the members have thus voted upon all the 
specifications of any charge, the question shall be put upon the 


Testimony 
and defense 
read. 


Vote on speci¬ 
fications. 


Manner 

voting. 


o f 


Minute 
votes not to 
preserved. 

Finding 

specification. 


of 

be 

on 


Voting on the 
charges. 


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Judge advo¬ 
cate to record 
findings. 


Evidence o f 
previous convic¬ 
tions. 

Relate to cur¬ 
rent enlistment, 
except. 


Method of 
voting. 


Procedure 
when the first 
ballot is not de¬ 
cisive. 


Court must, 
acquit or c o n - 
vict of every al¬ 
legation. 

Sentences, 
how determined. 


charge to each member: “Is the accused guilty of this charge?” 
“guilty in a less degree than charged?” or “not guilty?” The 
members, as before, shall write “guilty” or “not guilty” or 
“ guilty in a less degree than charged ” and in what degree, over 
their signatures, and hand their votes to the president, who shall 
after receiving all the votes read them aloud and, should there 
be a decision by the majority, shall record the result. If other¬ 
wise, the process shall he repeated until a decision is arrived at. 

(2) The court shall then proceed to the next charge and specifi¬ 
cations until votes have been taken and decisions recorded, as 
hereinbefore directed, upon all the charges and specifications. 

804. (1) When the members of the court have voted upon ail 
the charges, if the accused has been found guilty, or guilty in a 
less degree than charged, upon any one of them, by the number of 
members which the law may require in the particular case, the 
judge advocate shall be called before the court and directed to 
record its findings, which he shall do under the court’s direction, 
specifying precisely how far the accused has been found guilty 
of each charge, and shall enter the same on the record in his own 
handwriting. Should there be evidence of previous convictions, 
the court shall then be opened with all parties to the trial pres¬ 
ent and evidence of such convictions received. (Art. R. 617.) 

(2) Evidence of previous convictions must refer to actual trials 
and convictions that have been approved by the authorities whose 
action is requisite to give full effect to the sentence, except in 
cases upon which action has been withheld and the accused 
placed on probation. Evidence of previous convictions must 
relate to the current enlistment of the accused, except when the 
last enlistment was terminated by sentence of court-martial or by 
discharge as undesirable by order of the department, in which 
cases all convictions occurring in the prior enlistment thereby 
terminated are admissible. In the cases of men serving under 
extended enlistments, convictions occurring prior to the expira¬ 
tion of the four-year term of enlistment, or prior to the current 
extension of such enlistment, shall not be considered as having 
occurred during their current enlistment, 

(3) The court shall then be closed, and (he members shall pro¬ 
ceed to vote upon the punishment to be inflicted. 

805. (1) Each member shall write down and subscribe I he 
measure of punishment which he may think the accused ought to 
receive, and hand his vote to the president, who shall, after having 
received all the votes, read them aloud. 

(2) If the requisite number shall not have agreed upon the na¬ 
ture and degree of the punishment to be inflicted, the president 
shall proceed in the following manner to obtain a decision: 

a. He shall begin with the mildest punishment that has been 
proposed, and after reading it aloud shall ask the members suc¬ 
cessively, beginning with the junior in rank: “Shall this be the 
sentence of the court?” and every member shall vote, and the 
president shall note the votes. 

I). Should there be no decision, the president shall, in the same 
manner as before, obtain a vote upon the next lowest punishment , 
and shall so continue until some sentence, either of the first or of 
a subsequently proposed set, shall have been decided upon. 

800. The president, in collecting (he votes, must bear in mind 
that the court is bound to exhaust the whole of the charges that 
come before it by expressly acquitting or convicting the accused 
of each allegation contained in the specification. 

807. Except in the case noted in article 50, Articles for the 
Government of the Navy (art. R. 50). the opinion of the majority 


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is the opinion of the court, and the minority is bound thereby; 
but as the oath taken by every member provides for the conceal¬ 
ment of the vote or opinion of each particular member, care shall 
be taken that it does not appear on the record either that the 
votes of the members in regard to the finding or sentence were 
unanimous, or what number of them voted for any particular find¬ 
ing or sentence, with the exception already noted; and in that 
case the record must explicitly show the concurrence of two- 
thirds of the members present. 

808. (1) It is made by law the duty of courts-martial, in all 
cases of conviction, lo adjudge a punishment adequate to the na¬ 
ture and degree of the offense committed. 

(2) If mitigating circumstances have appeared during the trial, 
which could not be taken into consideration in determining the 
degree of guilt found by the verdict, the court may avail itself of 
such circumstances as adequate grounds for recommending the 
prisoner to clemency. (Art. It. 811.) 

(3) The law does not vest in courts-martial the pardoning 
power, nor the right to adjudge nominal punishments equivalent 
to a pardon. The power to’pardon, remit, or mitigate is expressly 
vested in the President of the United States or the officer author¬ 
ized to convene the court. The exercise of this power by a court- 
martial is therefore illegal. 

800. When a sentence has been determined upon, the judge 
advocate shall be called before the court and, under its direction, 
shall draw up the sentence, specifying the exact nature and de¬ 
gree of punishment adjudged and, after approval by the court, 
Shall enter the same upon the record in.his own handwriting. 

810. The sentence having been recorded, the proceedings in 
each separate case tried by the same court are required by law to 
be signed by all the members present when the judgment is pro¬ 
nounced, and also by the judge advocate. 

811. After tlie sentence of a court has been decided on, it is 
competent for any of its members to move that Ihe accused be 
recommended to the clemency of the revising power. This recom¬ 
mendation is not to be inserted in the body of the sentence, but 
recorded, with the reason therefor, immediately after the signa¬ 
tures of the court and judge advocate to the sentence, and must be 
signed by the members concurring in it. 

812. After the proceedings and sentence, with the recommenda¬ 
tion to clemency, if any, have been signed, the action of the court, 
whether an adjournment or the taking up of a new case, shall be 
recorded, and this entry having been authenticated by the signa¬ 
tures of the president and the judge advocate, the record shall be 
forwarded by the president to the convening authority, or in the 
United States, where the court is convened by order of the depart¬ 
ment, direct to the Judge Advocate General. 

813. Should a court be dissolved by the convening authority* for 
any sufficient cause before it has proceeded to judgment, that fact, 
together with the proceedings of the court up to its dissolution, 
must be recorded and authenticated in the same manner as if the 
trial had been completed. 

814. In all cases where the statute has designated a penalty for 
a particular offense, none other than that particular penalty may 
be imposed, and the court must pronounce the sentence which the 
law requires whenever the fact is proved. 

815. In considering sentences to be imposed, and especially 
those involving death, imprisonment for life, and others not pro¬ 
vided for by special penalty, the requirements of the Articles for 
the Government of the Navy and the limitations duly prescribed 


Adequate pun¬ 
ishment to be 
assigned. 

Recommenda¬ 
tion to clemency. 


Court has not 
t h e pardoning 
power. 


Judge advo¬ 
cate to draw up 
sentence. 


Authe utica- 
tion of j u d g■ 
ment. 


Recommenda¬ 
tion to clem- 
cncy. 


Completion of 
record. 


Record to be 
sent to conven¬ 
ing authority. 


When court 
dissolved before 
judgment. 


Statutory pen¬ 
alty. 


Limitations of 
sentences. 


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Sentences t o 
suspension from 
rank, duty, or 

pay. 

Loss of num¬ 
bers. 


Reduction i n 
rating. 


Form of sen¬ 
tence. 


by tlie President of the United States for punishments in time of 
peace shall be carefully scrutinized and followed. Sentences must 
be neither cruel nor unusual, and must be in accordance with the 
common law of the land and customs of war in like cases. 

810. (1) Sentences which include forfeiture of pay shall, in the 
case of officers, state the rate of pay and time of such forfeiture. 
Those including suspension must state distinctly whether from 
rank or from duty only. 

(2) When an officer’s position on the Navy register will not per¬ 
mit of his being reduced in accordance with the prescribed limita¬ 
tions of punishments (art. G3, A. G. N.; art. R. 63), the court 
should place him at the foot of the list, with the proviso that he 
is to remain in that position until he has lost the required 
numbers. 

(3) In all cases in which the sentence imposed on a petty officer 
involves confinement, it should include reduction to one of the 
ratings below petty officer in the branch to which he belongs, and 
in the case of a noncommissioned officer of the Marine Corps, to 
private. 

(4) Sentences of general courts-martial in the cases of enlisted 
men of the Navy and Marine Corps which include confinement at 
hard labor will ordinarily be in the following form: 

“ The court therefore sentences him, - -, -, 

United States-(to be reduced to the rating (or rank) of 


-), to be confined for a period of 


(then to be dishon- 


Marlnes sen¬ 
tenced to dis¬ 
charge. 


orably discharged from the United States naval service), and to 
suffer all the other accessories of said sentence, as prescribed by 
the Navy Regulations.” 

(5) The words “other accessories of said sentence,” when used 
in the sentence of a general court-martial, shall be understood to 
include the following: The person so sentenced shall perform 
hard labor while confined pursuant to such sentence, and after his 
accrued pay (and allowances in the case of an enlisted man of the 
Marine Corps) shall have discharged his indebtedness to the 
United States at the date of approval of such sentence, shall forfeit 
all pay (and in the case of an enlisted man of the Marine Corps 
sentenced to dishonorable discharge, all allowances) that may 
become due him during a period equivalent to the term of such 
confinement (or if sentenced to dishonorable discharge during his 
current enlistment), except the sum of $3 per month during such 
confinement for necessary prison expenses, and if dishonorably 
discharged pursuant to such sentence, a further sum of $20 to be 
paid him when discharged. 

(6) Sentences of confinement at hard labor imposed by general 
courts-martial in the cases of enlisted men shall be executed in 
such place as the Secretary of the Navy or other convening author¬ 
ity,, subject to modification by the Secretary of the Navy, may 
designate. 

(7) Nothing contained in the three preceding paragraphs shall 
be construed to restrict the power of a general court-martial in 
any case to sentence the accused to any punishment authorized 
by law. 

817. (1) Marines sentenced by general courts-martial to dishonor¬ 
able discharge should also be sentenced to forfeiture of all pay and 
allowances that may become due during their current enlistment, 
with the exceptions noted in article R. 816 (5). Those not sen¬ 
tenced to dishonorable discharge should be sentenced to forfeiture 
of pay only, during a period equivalent to the term of confinement. 
When the dishonorable discharge is remitted, or is held in abey¬ 
ance to be considered at the expiration of confinement in connec- 








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Clothing al¬ 
lowance settled. 


tion with reports of conduct in the meantime, that portion of the 
sentence imposing forfeiture of allowances which may become due 
during their current enlistment should similarly be remitted or 
held in abeyance. In case the conduct of the marine does not war¬ 
rant the clemency shown by holding such discharge in abeyance, 
the dishonorable discharge will be carried into effect with for¬ 
feiture of accrued allowances, in accordance with the terms of the 
sentence. 

(2) The clothing accounts of marines sentenced to dishonorable 
discharge, when such discharges are not remitted or held in abey¬ 
ance. shall, as soon as practicable, be settled by the proper officer of 
the Marine Corps, to include the day prior to the date on which the 
sentence takes effect, and the amounts overpaid or balances due 
shall be certified to the pay officer having the prison pay accounts. 

(3) When settlements, made in accordance with the preceding 
paragraph, produce an indebtedness to the United States for over¬ 
drawn clothing, the amount of such indebtedness will be charged 
in the pay account upon receipt by the pay officer having the 
prison accounts; when the settlement produces a balance due the 
marine for undrawn clothing the statement showing such balance 
will be held by the pay officer until final settlement of accounts for 
discharge and will then be incorporated therein. When a marine 
whose clothing account has been settled is restored to duty or the 
forfeiture of allowance in his case is remitted, any balance due 
him for undrawn clothing will be certified by the pay officer having 
his accounts to the proper accountable officer to be entered on the 
clothing account roll as a credit in his clothing account; those 
who were indebted for overdrawn clothing will be certified with 
“ no balance.” 

(4) Issues of clothing and small stores, made in accordance with 
the provisions of article Ti. 4587, to marines sentenced to forfeiture 
of allowances and dishonorable discharge are proper charges 
against the appropriation “ Pay, Miscellaneous,” for the Navy. 

Payment for Marine Corps clothing made to such prisoners shall 
be effected by transfer of funds in the usual manner. Issues of 
Marine Corps clothing to marines serving sentences of general 
courts-martial, whose sentences do not involve loss of allowances 
and dishonorable discharge, shall be charged against their re¬ 
spective clothing allowances on the clothing account roll. 

818. (1) A sentence of imprisonment must express distinctly for 
what period the same shall continue. 

(2) The term of confinement shall take effect from the date of 
approval of the sentence. Should an unusual time elapse between 
(he date of confinement of the accused for trial and the date of 
approval of the sentence, this period may be considered by the 
convening authority in acting upon the case. Should the sentence 
be to solitary confinement, or to confinement on reduced rations, 

(he time of such conditioned confinement must be fulfilled unless 
such provision of the sentence be remitted or mitigated by the 
convening or higher authority. 

(3) Whenever a general court-martial imposes a sentence of 
solitary confinement on bread and water or diminished rations, the 
provisions of articles R. 610 (4) and R. 621 (11 shall be observed. 

810. General courts-martial are empowered by statute to inflict 
any of the punishments authorized for summary courts-martial. 

Section 9.—The Record. 

826. The record of all naval courts-martial shall be clearly mid or? is* to be kept 
legibly written without erasure or interlineation, leaving a margin and made up. 


Issues to ma¬ 
rine prisoners. 


Terms of im¬ 
prisonment to be 
defined. 

When confine¬ 
ment is to begin. 


Certificate of 
medical officer. 

May inflict 
same punish¬ 
ments as sum¬ 
mary courts. 


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Contents o f 
record. 


Oral arguments 
allowed, but not 
recorded. 


Each case made 
up separately. 

Report of pres¬ 
ident. 

Adjournm e n x 
court. 


of one inch on each side and two and one-half inches at the top of 
each leaf, through which latter margin the leaves are to be 
fastened. Every page shall be numbered ; the odd-numbered pages 
shall be written upon from top to bottom, and the even-numbered 
pages from bottom to top. If typewritten, only one side of the 
paper shall be used. 

827. The record of proceedings in each case tried shall show 
that at least a quorum of five members of the court was present 
during the trial; that the accused was furnished a copy of the 
charges and specifications indicting him; that the orders detailing 
the members were read aloud in the presence of the accused; that 
he was afforded an opportunity to challenge members; and that 
the members, judge advocate, reporter or clerk, and witnesses 
were duly sworn. It shall further show the arraignment, pleas, 
motions, objections made and grounds therefor, all testimony 
taken and documentary evidence received, decisions and orders of 
the court, adjournments, closing arguments, findings, and sen¬ 
tence or acquittal; in short, the entire proceedings of the court 
which are necessary to a complete understanding by the reviewing 
authority of the whole case and every incident material thereto. 

828. Oral arguments upon the admissibility of evidence and 
upon interlocutory proceedings may be allowed, but shall not be 
recorded; briefs of such arguments, if prepared at his own ex¬ 
pense and subsequently submitted to the court by the party who 
made the same, shall be appended to the record. 

829. Each case being thus made complete in itself and the 
record continuous when all the cases laid before the court have 
been finished and severally authenticated and forwarded as here¬ 
inbefore provided, the president shall, unless otherwise directed 
by the convening authority, inform said authority by letter that 
all the business before the court has been completed, and the 
court shall adjourn to await his further orders. 


Section 10.—Revision. 


Rcvienal o f 
proceedings. 


Revision o f 
proceedings by a 
court. 


Record of revi¬ 
sion. 


Amendment of 
defects in the 
record. 


83<>. Upon the receipt of the record of a court-martial the 
reviewing officer shall proceed at once to scrutinize the same, in 
order to return it for revision, if such course be necessary, before 
the dissolution of the court. 

837. (1) When a court is ordered to revise its proceedings, new 
testimony shall not be brought forward in any shape. 

(2) The revision shall be strictly confined to a reconsideration 
of the matter already recorded in the proceedings, no part of 
which is to be amended, altered, or annulled in any way. 

(3) During a revision an entirely separate record shall be kept, 
to which the order for reassembling must be prefixed. A full 
entry shall be made of all the proceedings, verified in the ordinary 
manner by the signatures of all the members of the court and the 
judge advocate, and transmitted, as before, to the reviewing officer 
for his approval. The judge advocate shall be excluded from the 
court room during a revision of the finding and sentence of the 
court. 

838. (I) If the court be reconvened to amend or otherwise 
remedy a defect or omission in the record, which may be done if 
the facts warrant, the reconvening order must be prefixed to the 
record, which shall also show that at least five members of the 
court, the judge advocate, and the accused were present, and that 
the amendment was then made to conform to and express the 
truth in the case. The five members above mentioned must be 
among those who authenticated the original sentence. 


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(2) It is not necessary that the same .judge advocate officiate 
on the revision of a case as took part in the original proceedings. 

If a new officer be detailed in that capacity, however, the orders 
of the convening authority modifying the precept in that respect, 
shall be read and a copy appended to the record in revision. 

(8) Clerical errors may be amended by the court without the Correction or 
presence of the accused, but they are not to be corrected in an in- clerical errors, 
formal manner by erasure or interlineation. The legal procedure 
is for the proper officer to reconvene the court, calling its attention 
in the order for reassembling to the error requiring correction, 
and for the court, on reassembling, to continue the record by a 
report of the proceedings of the additional session in which the 
amendment is made. 

(4) Whenever a court is reconvened for the purpose of amend- Record of ad<li- 
ment or correction of its fecord, all the proceedings shall be en-tionai sessions, 
tered in full, authenticated in the proper manner and transmitted how kei>t * 
to the reviewing officer for his approval. 

Section 11.— Final Action. 

84(1. It is not in the power of the revising authority to compel Court entitled 
a court to reverse its judgment upon a plea in bar of trial or to cke^tYudfrment" 
change its finding or sentence, when, upon being reconvened by 
him, it has declined to modify the same, nor efther directly or 
indirectly to enlarge the measure of punishment imposed by sen¬ 
tence of a court-martial. 

847. (1) The Secretary of the Navy may set aside the proceed- Remission or 

iegs, or remit or mitigate in whole or in part the sentence imposed 01 

by any naval court-martial convened by his order or by that of 

any officer of the Navy or Marine Corps. (Act of Feb. 16, 1909.). 

(2) No sentence of a general court-martial may be carried into Confirmation 
execution until after the whole of the proceedings have been laid aud execution of 
before the reviewing authority or, when the circumstances of the seutence * 
case require such action, have been submitted through the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy to the President of the United States for his 
confirmation and orders. 

848. Where the law does not authorize the officer who convened lowers of the 
a general court-martial to confirm-and execute the sentence, he ^ ce c r ou ”^ dprli15 
lias still absolute power to disapprove and annul it. Should the 

sentence be one which he is not empowered finally to confirm and 
execute, and he can not remit or mitigate the same, if lie thinks 
it ought to be confirmed, he shall, in transmitting the proceedings 
to the authority having such power, subscribe a formal approval 
thereof upon the record. 

849. The finding and sentence of every general court-martial Promulgation 
approved by a commander in chief, or other officer having author- of sentence * 
it.v to order a general court-martial, shall be communicated by 

him in a general order to his command. Should the proceedings 

of such court-martial be disapproved for any informality or. irregularities 

irregularity of the court, the particular informality or irregularity P pu]Siished. ° 

shall be made known in the general order promulgating the result 

of the trial, so as to prevent, if possible, a recurrence of similar 

errors. 

850. The records of proceedings of all courts-martial shall he di <fourtI 
forwarded direct to the Judge Advocate General by the review-Partial records! 
ing authority after acting thereon, or in the case of general courts- 

martial convened by the Secretary of the Navy, by the presiding 
officers of such courts. All communications pertaining to ques¬ 
tions of law arising before courts-martial, or to the proceedings 
thereof, which may require the action of the department shall 
likewise be forwarded direct by such presiding officers. 


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CHAPTER 10. 


NAVY REGULATIONS, NAVAL INSTRUCTIONS, GENERAL 

ORDERS, ETC. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 4.) 

901. (1) All general rules and regulations for the guidance of, 
and all other general orders and general instructions to, persons 
in the Naval Establishment shall he contained in the following 
publications: 

(a) Regulations for the Governmental the Navy of the United 
States (Navy Regulations). 

(b) Naval Instructions. 

(c) Navy Department, general orders. 

(cZ) Changes in Navy Regulations circulars. 

(e) Changes in Naval Instructions circulars. 

(/) Court-martial orders. 

(g) Signal books and drill books. 

( h ) Uniform regulations. 

(i) Forms of Procedure for Courts and Boards in ihe Navy and 
Marine Corps. 

( j ) Manuals or circulars of instructions issued by any bureau 
or office which may be approved by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(2) The scope of the publications enumerated in the preceding 
paragraph shall be: 

(a) Navy Regulations: These shall include all regulations re¬ 
quiring the original approval of the President of the United 
States, and consequently the same approval of any change. In 
general, questions of principle shall be included in the Navy Regu¬ 
lations, while detailed instructions as to the methods of applying 
such principles shall be issued in the Naval Instructions. The 
Navy Regulations may also include such regulations of lesser im¬ 
portance as are reasonably permanent in their nature and prob¬ 
ably not subject to frequent change. The Navy Regulations shall 
be signed by the Secretary of the Navy and approved by the Presi¬ 
dent of the United States. 

(b) Naval Instructions: These shall include rules and regula¬ 
tions not included in the Navy Regulations, as prescribed in the 
preceding subparagraph. In general, questions of principle shall 
be included in the Navy Regulations, while detailed instructions 
as to the methods of applying such principles shall be issued in 
the Naval Instructions. There may also be included in the Naval 
Instructions such matters as are not of sufficient importance to 
require the approval of the President; and also such as ifre 
liable to change from time to time to keep pace with changes in 
the operating methods of the Naval Establishment, provided they 
are not of a character to require the approval of the President. 
The Naval Instructions shall be signed by the Secretary of the 
Navy. 

(c) Navy Department general orders: These shall include all 
orders of permanent or temporary application addressed to the 
naval service, ceremonial orders, commendation of persons in the 
service, and similar matters not affecting the Navy Regulations 
or Naval Instructions as may be decided upon from time to time 
by the Secretary of the Navy. Instructions as to administration, 



69 


etc., shall not be issued in general orders, but shall be promul¬ 
gated as changes in the Navy Regulations or Naval Instructions, 
as may be appropriate; it being desired to restrict, as far as prac¬ 
ticable, the number of general orders issued. General orders 
shall be signed by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(d) Changes in Navy Regulations circulars: These shall include 
all changes ordered in the Navy Regulations, and shall be signed 
by the Secretary of the Navy and approved by the President of 
the United States. 

(e) Changes in Naval Instructions circulars: These shall in¬ 
clude all changes ordered in the Naval Instructions, and shall be 
signed by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(/) Court-martial orders: These shall publish to the service 
such extracts from the records of proceedings of courts-martial 
and from the action of the department thereon as may be deemed 
desirable. They shall be signed by the Secretary of the Navy. 

( g ) Signal books and drill books: These shall include all mat¬ 
ters pertaining to the subjects of which they treat. The orders 
promulgating them shall be signed by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(h) Uniform regulations: These shall include all regulations 
and instructions relative to the uniforms of all persons in the 
Navy and Marine Corps. The order promulgating these regula¬ 
tions shall be signed by the Secretary of the Navy, who shall also 
sign the orders for any changes that may be made in them from 
time to time. 

(?) Forms of Procedure for Courts and Boards in the Navy 
and Marine Corps: These shall include detailed instructions as to 
the forms and methods to be followed by courts and boards. The 
order promulgating this publication shall be signed by the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy, who shall also sign the orders for any 
changes that may be made in it from time to time. 

(j) Rules for target practice and engineering competitions, 
manuals, or circulars issued under the provisions of subparagraph 
O') of paragraph (1) of this article: These shall include in¬ 
structions which pertain solely to the bureau or office by which 
issued, and shall in no way alter or amend any provision of the 
Navy Regulations or Naval Instructions, or of any Navy De¬ 
partment general order. Each such manual or circular shall be 
signed by the chief of the bureau or head of the office concerned, 
and shall bear the signed approval of the Secretary of the Navy. 

(3) Orders or instructions contained in any of the publications 
enumerated in the two preceding paragraphs of this article shall 
have full force and effect as regulations for the guidance of all 
persons in the Naval Establishment. No other general regulations, 
general orders, or general instructions to the Naval Establishment 
shall be signed or issued by any bureau or office under the con¬ 
trol of the Navy Department. This provision shall not be con¬ 
strued as prohibiting the publication by the bureaus or offices of 
the Navy Department of circulars or similar publications for the 
dissemination of information to the service, as may be authorized 
by the Secretary of the Navy, but such publications shall not have 
force and effect as Regulations, and the terms “ Navy regula¬ 
tions,” “ Naval instructions,” or “ General orders ” shall not be 
used in connection with such publications. 

(4) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not be con¬ 
strued as prohibiting the issuance by any officer of orders or in¬ 
structions to the force or station under his immediate command, 
or by any chief of bureau or head of any office of orders or in¬ 
structions relative to the work or to other technical matters re- 


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Officers of the 
Navy. 

Titles of offi¬ 
cers, where 
shown. 


Rank and ti¬ 
tles of line offi¬ 
cers. 


Rank In 
grade. 


Authority o f 
line officers. 


kiting solely to such bureau or office, provided that such orders or 
instructions do not conflict with the provisions of the Navy Reg¬ 
ulations, Naval Instructions, or with any orders or instructions 
issued by the Secretary of the Navy; and provided that the terms 
“ genera! order ” and “ special order ” shall not be used in con¬ 
nection with such publications, orders, or instructions. 


CHAPTER 11. 


RANK, COMMAND, AND DUTY. 

Section 1.—Officers in General. 

1001. (1) Officers of the United States Navy shall be known as 
officers of the line and officers of the staff. 

(2) Except when otherwise provided by law or regulation, 
every commissioned officer of the Navy when designated by title 
shall be given the title borne on the face of his commission that 
indicates his office. The titles of officers of the line are given in 
article R. 1002; of officers of the staff, in article R. 1005; of chiefs 
of bureaus, the Judge Advocate General, and others, in article 
R. 1006. 

(3) All officers of the Navy shall be addressed officially by the 
titles prescribed in these regulations. 

1002. (1) On the active list the officers of the line are, by law, 
as follows: The Admiral of the Navy, admiral, vice admiral, rear 
admiral, captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant, 
lieutenant (junior grade), and ensign; and they have, respectively, 
these titles. 

(2) Line officers have rank in the order given in paragraph 1 of 
this article and shall exercise military command accordingly, sub¬ 
ject to the restrictions respecting the exercise of such command 
imposed by law in the case of officers transferred to the line for 
engineer duty only. 

(3) Midshipmen are, by law, officers in a qualified sense. They 
are classed as being of the line. 

(4) On the retired list the grades of the officers of the line are 
the same as on the active list, with the exception of admiral and 
vice admiral, with the addition of the grade of commodore, which 
takes rank next after that of rear admiral. 

(5) Line officers on the retired list have the titles of the rank 
with which retired. 

(6) All the above officers shall take rank in each grade accord¬ 
ing to the dates of their commissions; in the absence of commis¬ 
sions they shall take rank according to the order in which their 
names appear upon the Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy 
Department. 

1003. (1) Officers of the line exercise military command. 

(2) Only officers on duty can exercise, or are subject to, com¬ 
mand, except as provided for in article R. 1511. 

(3) On all occasions where two or more ships’ expeditions or 
detachments of officers and men meet, the command of the whole 
devolves upon the senior line officer, subject to the limitations of 
article 1-3649. 




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(4) At all times and places not specifically provided for in these 
regulations, where the exercise of military authority for the pur¬ 
pose of cooperation or otherwise is necessary, of which the re¬ 
sponsible officer must be the judge, the senior line officer on the 
spot shall assume command and direct the movements and efforts 
of all persons in the Navy present, subject to the limitations of 
article I. 3649. 

(5) The senior line officer shall he held accountable for the 
exercise of his authority, and must not divert any officer from a 
duty confided to him by a common superior, or deprive him of his 
command or duty without good and sufficient reason. 

1004. The officers of the staff are as follows: Medical officers, staff officers, 
dental officers, pay officers, chaplains, professors of mathematics, 

naval constructors, civil engineers. 

1005. ( 1 ) Officers of the staff 911 the active list have rank and ti es 0 ° staff oni" 

title as follows: cers. 

( a) Medical directors have the rank of captain and the title Medical offi- 
“ medical director ”; medical inspectors have the rank of com- cers * 
mander and the title “ medical inspector ”; surgeons the rank of 
lieutenant commander and the title “ surgeon ”; passed assistant 
surgeons the rank of lieutenant and the title “ passed assistant 
surgeon”; assistant surgeons the rank of lieutenant (junior 
grade) and the title “ assistant surgeon.” 

{b) Pay directors have the rank of captain and the title “pay Officers of the 
director ”; pay inspectors the rank of commander and the title Pay Corps - 
“ pay inspector ”; paymasters the rank of lieutenant commander 
or lieutenant and the title “ paymaster ”; passed assistant pay¬ 
masters the rank of lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) and 
the title “ passed assistant paymaster ” ; assistant paymasters the 
rank of lieutenant (junior grade) or ensign and the title “assist¬ 
ant paymaster.” 

(c) Of the chaplains, the senior four have the rank of captain; Chaplains, 
the next seven that of commander; the next five that of lieuten¬ 
ant commander or lieutenant; and the remaining chaplains that 

of lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade). All officers of this 
corps have the title “ chaplain.” 

(d) Of the professors of mathematics, the senior three have the Professors of 
rank of captain; the next four that of commander; and the mathematIcs « 
remaining five that of lieutenant commander or lieutenant. All 

officers of this corps have the title “professor of mathematics.” 

( e ) Of the naval constructors, five have the rank of captain; Naval coo- 
five that of commander; and the remaining naval constructors that structors. 

of lieutenant commander or lieutenant. All of the above officers 
have the title “ naval constructor.” Assistant naval constructors 
have the rank of lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) and the 
title “ assistant naval constructor.” 

(/) Of the civil engineers, the senior two have the rank of cap- Civil eugi- 
tain; the next two that of commander; and the remaining civil neers * 
engineers that of lieutenant commander, lieutenant, or lieutenant 
(junior grade) ; and civil engineers shall be advanced in rank to 
the two grades of lieutenant commander and lieutenant on the 
same date and with the line officers with whom they take 
precedence, in the same manner as officers of the other staff corps 
of the Navy. Of the assistant civil engineers, the senior six shall 
have the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) and the remaining six 
that of ensign. All civil engineers have the title “ civil engineer ” 
and all assistant civil engineers the title “ assistant civil engi¬ 
neer.” 


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R a n.k and 
titles of line 
officers, chiefs 
of bureaus. 

Titles of other 
ehiefs of bu¬ 
reaus. 


Judge Advo¬ 
cate General. 


Line titles, by 
whom not to be 
used. 


Acting ap¬ 
pointments. 


Authority of 
staff officers. 


How officers 
arc addressed. 


Precedence of 
officers. 


(2). Staff officers on the retired list have the titles appropriate 
to the corps from which retired, as set forth in the other para¬ 
graphs of this article. 

1006. (1) When the office of chief of bureau is filled by an 
officer below the rank of rear admiral, said officer shall, while 
holding said office, have the rank and, except as otherwise pro¬ 
vided for by law or regulation, title of rear admiral. 

(2) The chiefs of the Bureaus of Medicine and Surgery, Sup¬ 
plies and Accounts, Steam Engineering, and Construction and 
Repair, while holding these offices, shall have, respectively, the 
title of Surgeon General, Paymaster General, Engineer in Chief, 
and Chief Constructor. (Sec. 1471, R. S.; Op. Att. Gen., March 4, 
1904.) A staff officer serving as Chief of the Bureau of Yards 
and Docks retains his title in the corps to which he belongs. 

(3) Correspondence from a chief of bureau shall show the 
name of his office. 

(4) The Judge Advocate General shall be an officer of the Navy 
or Marine Corps, and shall have, while holding said office, the 
rank and title of captain in the Navy or colonel in the Marine 
Corps, as the case may be. 

(5) Line titles shall not be used, either officially or semioffi¬ 
cially, by officers not of the line of the Navy. Where appropriate, 
however, as upon visiting cards and otherwise, in semiofficial and 

personal use, the words “ with the rank of -” may be 

employed if desired. 

(6) An officer holding an acting appointment shall affix the 
title of his acting rank to his official signature, and when such 
appointment is revoked he shall resume the title of his actual 
rank. 

1007. (1) Officers of the staff shall, under the commanding 
officer, have all necessary authority within their particular depart¬ 
ments for the due performance of their respective duties, and they 
shall be obeyed accordingly by'tlieir subordinates. 

(2) They shall not, by virtue of rank and precedence, have any 
additional right to quarters, nor shall they have authority to exer¬ 
cise command, except in their own corps, and except as provided in 
Art. R. 1043; nor shall they take precedence of their commanding 
officer; nor shall they take precedence of the aid or executive of 
the commanding officer while executing the orders of such com¬ 
manding officer on board of the vessel or at the station to which 
he is attached ; nor shall they be exempted from obeying the lawful 
commands of officers of the line who may be charged by proper 
authority with the details of military duty incident to the naval 
service. 

1008. Officers in verbal official communications shall be ad¬ 
dressed solely by their titles as given in their commissions or as 
they appear in the Navy Register; those below the rank of com¬ 
mander in the line, and all officers of the staff may be addressed 
by their title, or as Mr. or Dr., as the case may be. 

1009. (1) The precedence of officers of the Navy of the same 
rank shall be regulated by the precedence list published in the 
Navy Register. Where commissioned officers of the different 
corps, who are not graduates of the Naval Academy, take prece¬ 
dence from the same date, they shall be arranged in the precedence 
table to take rank in the following order: (a) Line officers; (5) 
medical officers; (c) pay officers; (d) chaplains; (c) professors of 
mathematics; (/) naval constructors; (g) civil engineers. 

(2) All officers commissioned in the Navy since the act of 
March 4, 1913, shall take precedence when of the same rank 
according to their respective dates of commission in that rank. 



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(3) All processions on shore where officers appear in an official 
capacity and where formation is necessary, shall be regarded as 
military formations. (Sec. 1489, R. S.) 

1010. (1) The relative rank between officers of the Navy, Officers of the 
whether on the active or retired list, and officers of the Army and * avy and . 

of the Marine Corps, shall be as follows, lineal rank only being rtn^Corps. " 
considered: 

(a) Admiral shall rank with general. 

(b) Vice admiral with lieutenant general. 

(c) Rear admiral with major general. 

( d ) Commodore with brigadier general. 

(e) Captain with colonel. 

(/) Commander with lieutenant colonel. 

( g ) Lieutenant commander with ,major. 

( h) Lieutenant with captain. 

( i ) Lieutenant (junior grade) with first lieutenant. 

(;) Ensign with second lieutenant. (Sec. 1466, R. S.) 

(2) In fixing the relative rank of officers of the Army, officers 
of the Navy, and officers of the Marine Corps, of the same grade 
and date of appointment and commission, the time which each may 
have actually served as a commissioned officer of the United 
States, whether continuously or at different periods, shall be taken 
into account. (Sec. 1219, R. S.) 

(3) Officers in the same grade in the Army, Navy, and Marine 
Corps have relative rank and precedence among themselves ac¬ 
cording to the dates, respectively, of their commissions, the senior 
in commission ranking the junior. (Op. Att. Gen., Oct. 7, 1905.) 

(4) Graduates of the Naval Academy who, upon graduation, are 
assigned to the Marine Corps and appointed second lieutenants 
therein, take rank with their classmates who are appointed en¬ 
signs in the Navy, in accordance with their final standing upon 
graduation. This applies only while holding the same relative 
rank and date of commission. 

1011. The officers of the Marine Corps shall be, in relation to Officers of the 

rank on the same footing as officers of similar grades in the Marine Corps 
Army. (Sec. 1603, R. S.) and Army * 

1012. (1) The officers of the Coast Guard when serving in officers of the 
accordance with law, as a part of the Navy, shall be entitled to Coast Guard, 
relative rank, as follows: 

(а) Captains with and next after lieutenant commanders in 
the Navy. 

(б) First lieutenants with and next after lieutenants in the 
Navy. 

(c) Second lieutenants with and next after lieutenants (junior 
grade) in the Navy. 

( d ) Third lieutenants with and next after ensigns in the Navy. 

(Secs. 1492 and 2757, R. S.) 

(2) No officer of the Coast Guard shall have control at any 
time over any vessel, officer, or man of the naval service. Nor 
shall any naval officer exercise such military or other control 
over any vessel, officer, or man of the Coast Guard except by 
direction of the President. (Act of April 12, 1902.) 

(3) By virtue of the authority vested in the President by the 
act approved January 28, 1915, entitled “ An act to create the 
Coast Guard * * it is hereby directed that whenever the 
Coast Guard or any part of it shall in time of peace operate as a 
part of the Navy, in accordance with law, the personnel of the 
Coast Guard shall be subject to the regulations of the Coast Guard 
service, except in so far as relates to military requirements which 


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Warrant offi¬ 
cers. 


Commissioned 
warrant officers. 


How classed. 


Bank o f * a “d 
precedence. 


Mates. 


have to ilo solely with the movements or operations of ships, con¬ 
cerning which they shall be subject to the orders of the senior 
naval officer to whom they are directed by proper authority 
to repoi t. It is further directed that whenever the whole or any 
part of the personnel of the Coast Guard is operating with the 
personr el of the Navy, officers and men of each service shall 
have the same authority and control over officers and men of the 
other sei vice as that to which their rank or rating entitles them 
in their respective services. (Executive order, May 2, 1916.) 

1013. (1) Boatswains, gunners, machinists, carpenters, pay 
clerks, acting pay clerks, sailmakers, pharmacists, marine gun¬ 
ners, and quartermaster’s clerks are warrant officers. They take 
precedence of each other on the active list of the Navy or Marine 
Corps according to the date of their warrants, and in case the 
warrants of two or more of them are of the same date, then 
according to the order in which their names are borne upon the 
Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy Department. They 
take precedence next after midshipmen and ahead of all mates. 

(2) After six years from date of warrant, boatswains, gunners, 
machinists, carpenters, pay clerks, sailmakers, and pharmacists, 
if duly qualified, shall be commissioned chief boatswains, chief 
gunners, chief machinists, chief carpenters, chief pay clerks, chief 
sailmakers, and chief pharmacists, respectively, to rank with but 
after ensigns, and shall be designated commissioned warrant 
officers. On the active list of the Navy these commissioned war¬ 
rant officers take precedence after ensigns and of each according 
to the dates of their commissions, and in case the commissions of 
two or more of them are of the same date, then according to the 
order in which their names are borne upon the Official Navy 
Register as kept in the Navy Department. Their commissions 
give no additional right to quarters on board ship or to command. 

(3) Chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief machinists, boat¬ 
swains, gunners, and machinists are classed as line officers of the 
Navy; chief carpenters, chief pay clerks, chief sailmakers, chief 
pharmacists, carpenters, pay clerks, sailmakers, and pharmacists, 
as staff officers. So far as succession to command or succession 
to duties aboard ship outside the engineer department are con¬ 
cerned, chief machinists and machinists are restricted to the 
performance of engineering duty only. 

(4) Such commissioned warrant officers as are or may be re¬ 
tired with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) take precedence 
next after officers having the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). 
Such boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers as are re¬ 
tired with the rank of the next higher grade shall take precedence 
with other officers of the Navy next after ensigns. All com¬ 
missioned warrant officers and warrant officers when retired take 
precedence of each other as when on the active list; and in case 
the seniority of two or more of the same rank is of the same date, 
then according to the order in which their name's are borne upon 
the Official Navy Register as kept in the Navy Department. 

(5) Commissioned warrant officers and warrant officers who 
are retired without advancement in rank shall take precedence as 
when on the active list. 

1014. (1) Mates are rated, by authority of the Secretary of the 
Navy, from seamen and ordinary seamen who have enlisted in the 
naval service for not .less than two years. (Sec. 1408, R. S.) 
Mates have no relative rank, but they shall take precedence of all 
petty officers, noncommissioned officers of the Marine Corps, and 
enlisted men, and in their own grade according to the dates of 
their appointments. 


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1015. Commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, mates, 
and petty officers shaii have, under their superiors, all necessary 
authority for the due performance of their duties, and they shall 
be obeyed accordingly. 

Section 2.—Petty Officers and Enlisted Men. 

1026. Petty officers, musicians, and other enlisted men in the 
Navy, and noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates in 
the Marine Corps, shall take precedence according to the follow¬ 
ing tabular classification; the precedence of two or more holding 
the same rate shall be determined by the date of their rates; if 
of the same date, then their precedence shall be determined by 
their respective lengths of service. At general muster the names 
of petty officers shall be called' in the order of their precedence. 
(Sec. 1410, R. S.) 


Authority o f 
subordinate offi¬ 
cers and petty 
officers. 


Petty officers 
and enlisted 
men. 


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Chief petty officers. 


Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Chief masters at 
arms. 

Chief machinist’s 
mates. 

Chief yeomen. 

Sergeants major. 

Chief boatswain’s 
mates. 

Chief electricians. 

Hospital stewards. 

Quartermaster ser¬ 
geants. 

Chief gunner’s mates. 

Chief carpenter’s 
mates. 

Bandmasters. 

First sergeants. 
Gunnery ser¬ 
geants. 

Chief turret captains. 
Chief gun captains. 
Chief quartermasters. 

Chief water tenders. 

Chief commissary 
stewards. 

Drum majors. 
Leader of band. 
Second leader of 
band. 


Petty officers, first class. 


Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Masters at arms, first 
class. 

Machinist’s mates, 
first class. 

First musicians. 


Boatswain’s mates, 
first class. 

Electricians, first 
class. 

Yeomen, first class. 


Turret captains, 
first class. 

Boilermakers. 

Commissary stew¬ 
ards. 


Gunner’s mates, first 
class. 

Coppersmiths. 

Ship’s cooks, first 
class. 


Gun captains, first 
class. 

Quartermasters, first 
class. 

Blacksmiths. 

Plumbers and fitters. 

Sailmaker’s mates. 
Carpenter’s mates, 
first class. 

Water tenders. 

Ship fitters, first 
class. 

Painters, first class. 

Bakers, first class. 



Petty officers, second class. 


Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Masters at arms, 

Machinist’s mates, 

Yeomen, second 

Sergeants. 

second class. 

second class. 

class. 

Boatswain’s mates, 

Electricians, second 

Ship’s cooks, sec- 


second class. 

Gunner’s mates, 
second class. 

Gun captains, second 
class. 

Quartermasters, sec¬ 
ond class. 

class. 

Carpenter’s mates, 
second class. 

Printers. 

Oilers. 

Ship fitters, second 
class. 

Painters, second 
class. 

ond class. 






































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Petty officers, 

third class. 


Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Masters at arms, 
third class. 

Coxswains. 

Gunner’s mates, 
third class. 

Quartermasters, 
third class. 

Electricians, third 
class. 

Carpenter’s mates, 
third class. 

Painters, third 
class. 

Yeomen, third 
class. 

Hospital appren¬ 
tices, first class. 

Corporals. 

• i 

Seamen, first class. 

Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Seamen gunners. 

Seamen. 

Firemen, first class. 

Musicians, first 
class. 

Ship’s cooks, third 
class. 

Bakers, second 
class. 

Musicians. 

Privates. 

Seamen, second class. 

y . •> " ; > i ' i i.\ 'I 

Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Ordinar\ r seamen. 

Firemen, second 
class. 

Shipwrights. 

Musicians, second 
class. 

Buglers. 

Hospital appren¬ 
tices. 

Ship’s cooks, fourth 
class. 



Seamen, third class. 


Seaman branch. 

Artificer branch. 

Special branch. 

Marines. 

Apprentice seamen. 

Coal passers. 
Landsmen. 

Landsmen. 



Mess man 

branch. 


Stewards to commanders in chief. 

Cooks to commanders in chief. 

Stewards to commandants. 

Cooks to commandants. 

Cabin stewards. 

Cabin cooks. 

Wardroom stewards. 

Wardroom cooks. 

Steerage stewards. 

Steerage cooks. 

Warrant officers’ stewards. 

Warrant officers’ cooks. 

Mess attendants, first class. 

Mess attendants, second class. 

Mess attendants, third class. 
























































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Section 3.— Detail of Command and Duty. 

1031. Officers of the Navy shall perform such duty at sea or 
on shore as may be assigned them by the department. 

1032. Any staff officer who has performed duty as Chief of 
Bureau for a full term shall thereafter be exempt from sea duty. 
(Sec. 1436, R. S.) 

1033. Such rear admirals, captains, and commanders as are by 
law restricted to the performance of engineering duties shall be 
assigned accordingly, and to shore duty only. 

1034. The President is authorized to establish, and from time 
to time to modify, as the needs of the service may require, a 
classification of vessels of the Navy, and to formulate appropriate 
rules governing assignments to command of vessels and squadrons. 
(Act of Mar. 3, 1901.) 

1035. Vessels of the Navy shall be classified as follows: 

(a) First rates, men-of-war of 8,000 tons and above. 

( b ) Second rates, men-of-war of 4,000 tons and under 8,000 tons, 
and converted and auxiliary vessels of 6,000 tons and above, ex¬ 
cept colliers, refrigerating ships, distilling ships, tank steamers, 
repair ships, hospital ships, and other vessels constructed or 
equipped for special purposes. 

(c) Third rates, men-of-war of 1,000 tons and under 4,000 tons; 
converted and auxiliary vessels of 1,000 tons and under 6,000 
tons; colliers, refrigerating ships, distilling ships, tank steamers, 
repair ships, hospital ships, and other vessels constructed or 
equipped for special purposes of 4,000 tons and above. 

(rt) Fourth rates, men-of-war and converted and auxiliary ves¬ 
sels under 1,000 tons, and colliers, refrigerating ships, distilling 
ships, tank steamers, repair ships, hospital ships, and other vessels 
constructed or equipped for special purposes under 4,000 tons. 

(e) Torpedo-boat destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, tor¬ 
pedo or submarine tenders while so acting, tugs, sailing ships, and 
stationary receiving ships shall not be rated. 

1036. Vessels of the Naval Auxiliary Service having merchant 
crews are amenable to navigation laws. Crews must be shipped 
and discharged before consuls and papers deposited with consuls, 
except in those cases where anticipated orders for prompt move¬ 
ment make this course undesirable, in which case the consul is 
to be notified. 

1037. Vessels of the Navy shall be commanded as nearly as 
may be as follows: 

First rates, by captains or commanders; second rates, by com¬ 
manders; third rates, by commanders or lieutenant commanders; 
fourth rates, by lieutenant commanders or lieutenants; torpedo- 
boat destroyers, by lieutenant commanders or lieutenants; tor¬ 
pedo boats, submarines, tugs, or tenders, by lieutenants, lieuten¬ 
ants (junior grade), or ensigns; other vessels not rated by such 
officers as the Navy Department may designate. 

1038. A fleet may be commanded by a flag officer; a force, a 
squadron, or division, by a flag officer, captain, or commander; a 
destroyer or submarine flotilla, by a captain, commander, or lieu¬ 
tenant commander; a destroyer or submarine group, by a lieu¬ 
tenant commander or lieutenant. (See sec. 1434, R. S.) 

1039. A naval station may be commanded by a rear admiral, 
captain, or commander. 

1040. The executive officer of a ship shall be of lower grade 
than the captain. 

1041. An ensign, during the first two years of his commission, 
shall perform such duties afloat as may be assigned him, and as 


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may be prescribed elsewhere in the Navy Regulations or Naval 
Instructions, including junior officer of the watch, deck or engine 
room; but shall not be detailed, for duty on the staff of a flag 
officer, nor as aid to the commanding officer of a ship. 

1042. An officer of the Medical Corps of the Navy, not below Command o f 

the grade of surgeon, may command a hospital ship. hospital ships. 

1043. Line officers may be detailed for duty under staff officers 
in the manufacturing and repair departments of navy yards and 
naval stations. (Act approved June 24, 1910.) 

1044. (1) Should the flag officer commanding die, become in- Flag officer in 
capacitated, or leave his station permanently before being relieved dhahlca^ 0 ™™*”^ 
by a successor appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, the line cession. ’ snc ‘ 
officer next in rank in the fleet or squadron shall succeed to the 
command and discharge its duties until regularly relieved, in addi¬ 
tion to his regular duties; and he shall have all the authority and 
responsibility of a flag officer in command as if assigned to that 

duty in terms, by the Navy Department. 

(2) An officer who succeeds to command as provided in this 
article acquires no increase of rank nor change in personal title. 

(3) During the temporary absence of a flag officer from his Absence less 
command afloat, not exceeding twenty-four hours, he shall be rep- than twenty' 
resented by the chief of staff or, in his absence, by the command- four honr8, 
ing office of the flagship, who is authorized to carry out the estab¬ 
lished routine and make the necessary signals therefor. 

(4) In a port of the United States, on the occasion of the ab- Absence ex- 

sence of a flag officer from his command afloat, for a period ceeding twenty- 

exceeding twenty-four hours, his flag shall be hauled down, and in 

the command, subject to any directions from the flag officer, shall 

devolve upon the senior line officer present in the fleet, squadron, 
or division, with the title of senior officer present. 

(5) In a foreign port, upon the occasion of the absence of a Absence ex¬ 
flag officer from his command afloat, for a period exceeding ceeding twenty- 

twenty-four hours, the command, subject to any directions from foreign port. ” 
the flag officer, shall devolve upon the senior officer present in the 

fleet, squadron, or division, with the title of senior officer present, 
and the flag officer’s flag shall be hoisted over the ship in which 
the temporary commander is embarked, but without a salute. 

1045. (1) If the flag officer commanding be killed in battle, Flag officer in 
the officer next in rank on board the ship bearing his flag shall 

succeed provisionally and until the senior officer in the fleet an¬ 
nounces that he has taken command. It shall be the duty of the 
officer thus succeeding provisionally to such senior officer as soon 
as practicable, and by private signal, the death of the flag officer. 

The flag of the deceased shall be kept hoisted until the battle is 
decided. 

(2) A commander in chief, a commandant of a naval station, or 
other officer on detached or independent service shall, in the event 
of his protracted illness or disability for a period of two weeks, 
report the fact to the department, by telegraph if beyond the con¬ 
tinental limits of the United States, otherwise by letter. 

1046. The commanding officer of a ship not a flagship with a Authority ot a 
flag officer embarked as passenger by due authority shall be sub-flag officer when 
ject to the orders of such flag officer. The latter, when so em- a P assen ^ er - 
barked, shall display his flag. Other officers embarked as pas¬ 
sengers, senior to the commanding officer, shall have no authority, Passengers as- 
but those junior to him, if not on a flag officer’s staff, may be signed to duty, 
assigned to duty when the exigencies of the service render it 
necessary, of which necessity the commanding officer shall be the 

sole judge. Passengers thus assigned shall have the same author- 


80 


ity as though regularly attached to the ship, but shall not dis¬ 
place any officer belonging to the regular complement of the ship 
in his quarters. 

Authority t o 1047. No officer can place himself on duty by virtue of his com- 
perform duty, mission or warrant alone. 

Authority of 1048. An officer duly appointed to act in any grade shall, while 
acting appoint- serving under such appointment, be entitled to the same command, 
precedence, and honors as if he held a commission in that grade of 
the same date as his appointment. 

Retired offi- 1040. An officer on the retired list of the Navy may be em- 
cers * ployed on active duty at his own request, as provided in the act 

of August 22, 1912. 

Authority o f 1050. An officer of the Navy can not assume command of 
A r'm y ^officers Army forces on shore, nor can an officer of the Army assume com- 
servhig together! mand over any ship of the Navy, or over its officers or men afloat, 
except in either case by special authority for a particular service; 
but when officers of the Navy are on duty on shore with the Army 
they shall be entitled to the precedence of the rank in the Army 
to which their own corresponds, except command as aforesaid, 
and this precedence will regulate their right to quarters. 

Officers on 1051. (1) Officers ordered to duty under the Lighthouse Board, 
duty in Light- the Bureau of Fisheries, or the Coast and Geodetic Survey, shall 
under Fish^om- re P or f by letter to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and 
mission, or i n while on such duty they shall obey the orders and directions of 
Coast survey. the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and of the Lighthouse 
Board, the Bureau of Fisheries, or the Superintendent of the 
Coast Survey, as the case may be. 

(2) While on the duty indicated above, officers will be held 
directly responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for conformity 
to the rules and Articles for the Government of the Navy, and 
the Navy Regulations, except only in so far as they may be incon¬ 
sistent with the special service in which they are engaged. They 
will also be held responsible for the care of the persons, vessels, 
and public property that may be placed under their control. 

Section 3.—Law and Decisions on Rank and Command. 

Sec. 1468, R.S. 1061. Commanding officers of vessels of war and of naval sta¬ 
tions shall take precedence over all officers placed under their 

Sec. 1469, R.S. command. The Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, de¬ 
tail a line officer to act as the aid or executive of the commanding 
officer of a vessel of war or naval station, which officer shall, 
when not impracticable, be next in rank to said commanding 
officer. Such aid or executive shall, while executing the orders 
of the commanding officer on board the -vessel, or at the station, 
take precedence over all officers attached to the vessel or station. 
All orders of such aid or executive shall be regarded as pro¬ 
ceeding from the commanding officer; and the aid or executive 
shall have no independent authority in consequence of such detail. 

Sec. 1470, R.S. Staff officers, senior to the officer so detailed, shall have the right 
to communicate directly with the commanding officer. In pro- 

Sec. 1489, R.S. cessions on shore, on courts-martial, summary courts, courts of 
inquiry, boards of survey, and all other boards, line and staff 
officers shall take precedence according to rank. 

Decisions. 1062. The foregoing are provisions of the statute laws of the 

country. In view of the fact that their meaning and force have 
been sometimes misunderstood, they are here given for the in¬ 
formation of the service, with the following declarations and regu¬ 
lations, promulgated as the views of the Secretary of the Navy 


81 


upon the subject matter, and his official construction of the law 
as it exists in relation thereto. By the force of naval law, and 
regulations made in conformity therewith, the following prin¬ 
ciples are established and exist as essentials of all military serv¬ 
ice, without which there can be neither command, discipline, nor 
responsibility: 

{a) Officers intrusted with the command of vessels of war or Authority of 
naval stations, or with the command or direction of any military officers in com- 
expedition or duty, whatever their rank, must, while properly in man(l * 
such command or direction, have full command, authority, and 
precedence over all officers and persons, of whatever rank, serving 
in such vessel, station, or expedition, or in the execution of such 
duty. This authority and precedence will descend to the officer or 
person on whom such command ,or direction may devolve by rea¬ 
son of the death, disability, or absence of the person otherwise in 
command or direction. 

(&) In case of death, disability, or absence of an officer in Death, disa- 
military command or direction, this command and direction, with bllity or ab- 
all its authority and precedence, devolves and rests upon the 
officer eligible to command next in rank who may be present and g 
on duty with such command. In processions on shore all officers 
take precedence according to their rank; but when such proces¬ 
sion forms a military command, the command devolves upon the 
senior line officer present eligible to command, subject to the 
limitation of article I. 3649, and authority and precedence attach 
accordingly. On all courts-martial, courts of inquiry, boards of 
survey, and other boards, line and stag officers take precedence 
according to rank. The senior officer of such courts or boards 
presides by virtue of his rank. 

( c) Officers of the staff corps of the Navy shall on all occasions staff offlcers 
be treated with the same respect as officers of corresponding 

rank in the line not in command under like circumstances. Their 
legal rank carries with it the same personal dignity, and is to 
receive in all respects the same consideration. If they are at any 
time subordinated, for any purpose of organization or duty, to the 
exercise of authority delegated by law to their juniors in actual 
rank, it is for reasons growing out of the necessities of military 
service, operating alike on all officers of both line and staff 
under like circumstances, and subject to the same conditions 
applicable to all. The right of military command and to addi¬ 
tional quarters is restricted by law. 

( d ) No officer of any grade of the Navy is authorized by virtue Authority to 
of his own mere rank and authority to give any order or grant issue orders, ete. 
any privilege, permission, or liberty to his senior in rank of any 

corps; nor is any senior officer required to receive such order, 
privilege, permission, or liberty from his junior, unless such junior 
is at the time in command of the vessel of war or naval station 
to which the senior is attached, or in command or direction of the 
military expedition or duty on which such senior is serving, or is, 
as aid or executive, executing such order of the commanding 
officer; and no commanding officer is authorized to delegate to 
any junior the authority to grant any permission, privilege, or 
liberty to his senior, but must himself receive and hear, under 
proper regulations, any request therefor from such senior, satis¬ 
fying himself as to its propriety and deciding the matter in the 
exercise of his own authority. Any officer on shipboard, however, 
who is intrusted by general provision or special order of proper 
authority with any duty, the present performance of which may 


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involve the movements of the ship itself or the attitude of the 
ship’s company as a whole, represents the commanding officer for 
that purpose, and is intrusted for the time, with all the authority 
necessary for the proper performance of such duty; and all offi¬ 
cers, of whatever rank, are required to assist in carrying out such 
duty, and to receive and,execute his orders for that purpose; nor 
will he be interfered with therein, unless by the commanding 
officer, or the aid or executive, who are entitled to relieve him in 
the performance of such duty. 

The executive 1063. (1) The efficiency of every military organization requires 
tics^and author" the commanding authority, besides the general duties of com¬ 
ity! an< aU ° r " mand and direction, the additional duties of organization, police, 
and inspection; all these appertain to and go with the command. 
For the relief of the commanding officer they are usually intrusted, 
in their details, to subordinates, but they are performed by his 
authority and under his direction. On shipboard and at navy 
yards the Secretary of the Navy, by authority of law, designates 
the senior line officer to perform these duties in addition to the 
ordinary duties assigned to him as such line officer attached to the 
ship or yard. The officer so designated is called, for the time 
being, “ the aid or executive of the commanding officer.” This is 
not a new rank; nor has the officer, by virtue of the title or in 
consequence of the detail, any new independent authority. It is 
merely a designation of the officer who, for the relief of the com¬ 
manding officer or commandant and by his authority alone, carries 
out, on board the ship or at a navy yard, the details of organiza¬ 
tion, inspection, and police. 

oi?ce C of aT w ° f (2) As the officer in charge of the police of the ship and the 
p ce o s p. execu tj on 0 -f a p provisions made for her general good condition, 
appearance, and safety, the duties of the executive officer of a 
ship are constant and call him everywhere, and give him, as 
representative of the commanding officer for that purpose, charge 
of and authority over the details necessary to the proper per¬ 
formance of all police duties. To this authority all officers and 
persons are required to yield full and prompt acquiescence. 

\s inspecting (3) As the inspecting officer of the ship, required at stated 
oiiicer of ship, periods to examine and report her general condition and efficiency 
in all her departments, the aid or executive is entitled to make 
personal examination of and report upon all these, and for that 
purpose every facility is to be afforded him by every officer at¬ 
tached to the vessel; and all officers in charge of storerooms or 
other parts of the ship are required to have such storeroom or 
parts of the ship in proper condition for his inspection, at such 
times as may be designated by the commanding officer. 

As intrusted (4) As the officer to whom the details of the organization of 
tton h organ,za ‘ the ship’s company are intrusted, the aid or executive is the 
proper person to station the officers and crew, and to prepare, 
form, parade, and present them in proper attitude for review and 
inspection by the commanding officer or other proper officer, and 
for this purpose he has authority to take preliminary charge of 
all formations and parades, to see that the whole is properly or¬ 
ganized and paraded, and to receive the reports customary on 
such occasions from the officers in charge of departments and 
divisions, and transmit them as a whole to the commanding 
officer. While carrying out the details of organization and those 
of police and inspection, in execution of the orders of the com¬ 
manding officer, the aid or executive takes precedence over all 
officers attached to the ship, and shall be obeyed and respected 
accordingly. Reports of heads of departments and of officers 


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senior in rank to the aid or executive, other than those above 
mentioned, will be made direct to the commanding officer. The 
commanding officer is authorized to grant temporary leave of ab¬ 
sence to the officers and others attached to the vessel. Under his 
orders and special directions such leave of absence may be granted 
by the aid or executive to officers who are junior to him in rank; 
these officers will report their return from leave to the aid or ex¬ 
ecutive. Officers senior in rank to the aid or executive desiring 
to leave the ship will obtain the required permission directly from 
the commanding officer, and upon their return from leave will 
report the same to him. All officers will report their permission 
to leave the ship, and their return, to the officer of the deck. The 
departure and return of officers senior to the aid or executive will 
be reported to the latter by the officer of the deck. 

(5) These duties of organization, inspection, and police devolve Exercise of 
upon “ the aid or executive of the commanding officer of a vessel authority by ex- 
of war ” by virtue of his detail as such “ aid or executive,” and ecut ve offlcer * 
they, and the exercise of the authority necessary to execute them, 

are recognized by all military law and usage, and by the statute 
which authorizes his designation. But they are duties pertaining 
to the command, delegated, under sanction of law, by the com¬ 
manding officer to his “ aid or executive,” who, in carrying them 
out, is “ executing the orders of the commanding officer,” and the 
authority exercised as necessary to their execution is the authority 
of “ the commanding officer,” exercised by his “ aid or executive,” 
and not the authority of the “ aid or executive ” himself. By the 
express provision of the statute, this officer has “ no independent 
authority ” as such “ aid or executive,” but exercises only the 
authority necessarily delegated for the execution “ of the orders 
of the commanding officer.” This delegated authority, however, 
is recognized by the statute which confers on the “ aid or execu¬ 
tive,” while exercising it, “ precedence over all officers attached to 
the ship,” of whatever rank or corps. But this special precedence 
is given to him only “ while executing the orders of the command¬ 
ing officer on board ship,” and is not his under other circumstances. 

(6) The officer in command of a ship of war is not authorized to Delegation of 
delegate his power except for the carrying out of the details of the authority, 
general duti<& to be performed by his authority. The command 

is his, and he can neither delegate the duties of it to another, nor 
avoid its burdens, nor escape its responsibilities; and his “aid or 
executive,” in the exercise of the power given to him for “ executing 
the orders of the commanding officer,” must keep himself con¬ 
stantly informed of the opinions and wishes of the commanding 
officer; and whenever and as soon as he may be informed or is in 
doubt as to such opinion or wishes he must remedy such defect by 
prompt and personal application, to the end that the authority of 
the commanding officer may be used only to carry out his own 
views; and that he may not be, by its unwarranted exercise, in 
any measure relieved from his official responsibilities, which can 
neither be assumed by nor fall upon any other officer. 

(7) The details of these duties may be more fully defined by Authority 
general or special orders and regulations, but the “aid or execu- other than as 
tive of the commanding officer of a vessel of war ” has, as such exec “t ive * 

“ aid or executive,” no other duties or authority except those 
which come within the scope of the above descriptions; and any 
other authority at any time to be exercised by the officer desig¬ 
nated as such “ aid or executive ” must be such authority only as 
belongs to him by virtue of his rank in the line. This is his in his 
own right, with all the power and precedence which belong to it, 


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Not required 
to announce au¬ 
thority for or¬ 
ders. 


Complaints 
and appeals. 


Bight of offi¬ 
cers to commu¬ 
nicate with com¬ 
manding officer. 


Officers in 
charge of de¬ 
partments. 


The President 
on board ship. 


but it is to be exercised only according to the general rules gov¬ 
erning alike all officers of all corps and every grade. 

(8) It is not necessary, nor consistent with military usage and 
efficiency, that the “ aid or executive ” should be required to an¬ 
nounce with every order given or authority exercised by him as 
such, that he is “ executing the orders of the commanding officer.” 
The delegated character of this authority is fully understood and 
is defined by the statute, which contemplates obedience to it as 
such by “ all officers attached to the vessel,” and the statute, while 
it provides that the officer detailed to act as “ aid or executive ” 
shall, “ when not impracticable, be next in rank to the command¬ 
ing officer,” still contemplates the same obedience when this is 
impracticable. 

(9) Any complaint or appeal growing out of the exercise of 
these duties should be made to the commanding officer, and the 
right to make any such complaint or appeal shall not be denied to 
any person. 

(10) The right of all officers, whether of the line or staff, to 
communicate with the commanding officer at all proper times and 
places is not to be denied or restricted; but this does not interfere 
with the duty of all such officers to recognize and acquiesce in the 
authority delegated to the “ aid or executitve ” for the purpose of 
police, organization, and inspection as aforesaid, nor confer upon 
any such officer the right to interrupt the ordinary course of mili¬ 
tary organization or duty, while in actual execution, for the pur¬ 
pose of making such communication. 

(11) The general principles involved in the relations of the aid 
or executive to the commanding officer of a ship as laid down in 
this article shall also govern, as far as they may be applicable, in 
the case of the aid or executive to the commandant of a navy yard. 

1064. Every officer in charge of a department has the general 
right, at all proper times, to communicate and confer directly with 
the responsible commanding officer concerning any matter relating 
to his department; and his duty to do so is absolute whenever he 
thinks it necessary for the good of his department or of the service. 


CHAPTER 12. 


HONORS, DISTINCTIONS, SALUTES, AND CEREMONIES. 

Section 1.—The President of the United States, the Vice 
President, an Ex-President, the President or Sovereign of 
a Foreign State, and Members of Royal Families. 

1101. (1) When the President of the United States visits a 
ship of the Navy, all officers of the vessel shall assemble in special 
full dress on the side of the quarter-deck on which he enters; he 
shall be received at the gangway by the flag-officer and command¬ 
ing officer, accompanied by such other officers as may be desig¬ 
nated ; the yards or rail shall be manned; the full guard paraded; 
and such of the crew as are not otherwise employed shall be 
formed in order forward of the guard. When the President 
reaches the deck, officers and men shall salute; the guard present 
arms; the drum give four ruffles and the bugle sound four flour¬ 
ishes ; the ruffles and flourishes shall be followed by the national 




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air by the band; the President’s flag shall be displayed at the 
main at the moment he reaches the deck and kept flying as long 
as he is on board. A national salute shall be fired as soon as 
practicable after the President shall have been received. The same 
ceremonies shall be observed when the President leaves the ship, 
the salute being fired when the boat shall be sufficiently clear. 

Should no band be present to play the national air, the bugle shall 
sound “ To the color.” The President’s flag shall be hauled down 
with the last gun of the salute. (Art. R. 1237.) 

(2) All other ships of the Navy present at the time of the 
official reception or departure of the President shall, unless other¬ 
wise directed by the senior naval officer present, man yards or 
rail and fire national salutes at the same time as the ship visited. 

(3) A ship of the Navy flying the flag of the President shall be 
regarded as the ship of the senior officer present, and her motions 
shall be followed accordingly. 

(4) Whenever the President is embarked in a ship flying his 
flag, all ships of the Navy, on meeting her at sea or elsewhere, 
and all naval batteries when she is passing, shall fire a national 
salute. 

(5) When the President, embarked on board a ship with his 
flag flying, passes close aboard a ship of war, the yards or rail 
shall be manned unless instructions to the contrary have been 
received from the senior officer present, and the honors laid down 
in article R. 1152 shall be rendered, except that the full guard 
shall be paraded instead of the guard of the day. The same cere¬ 
monies shall be observed by a ship when passing the President’s 
flag flying aboard another ship. 

(6) When the President, embarked in a boat with his flag 
flying, passes close aboard a ship of the Navy, the full guard of 
the latter shall be paraded in a conspicuous position, four ruffles 
given on the drum and four flourishes sounded on the bugle, the 
national air shall be played by the band, and officers and men 
shall salute. The yards or rail shall not be manned unless specific 
orders have been received from the senior officer present to do so. 

The same ceremonies shall be observed by a ship when passing 
the President’s flag flying in a boat. 

(7) When the President of the United States is regularly em¬ 
barked on board a ship of the Navy, but is absent therefrom at 
night with the intention of returning within twenty-four hours, 
his absence shall be indicated by eight white lights displayed at 
the peak, one above the other. 

(8) When the President visits a naval station officially, the 
honors prescribed by paragraph 1 of this article shall be' rendered, 
as far as may be practicable, the full guard being paraded and the 
President received by the commandant and other officers at such 
place or places as may be most suitable. 

1102. (1) When an ex-President of the United States visits An ex-Presi 
a ship of the Navy he shall receive the same honors as prescribed 

in article R. 1101, except that the yards or rail shall not be manned, 
the ruffles and flourishes shall be followed by a march by the 
band, and no flag shall be displayed in his honor unless the re¬ 
ception takes place in a foreign port, when the national ensign 
shall be displayed at the main during the salutes. (Art. R. 1237.) 

(2) When an ex-President of the United States visits a naval 
station he shall receive the same honors as prescribed in article 
R. 1101 (8), except that the ruffles and flourishes shall be followed 
by a march by the band. 

1103. (1) When the Vice President of the United States visits The VicePresi 
a ship of the Navy he shall receive the same honors as pre- dent1. 


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A foreign pres¬ 
ident or sover¬ 
eign. 


A member of 
a royal family. 


Meeting a for¬ 
eign president, 
sovereign, o r 
member of a 
royal family. 


Yessels passing 
Washington’s 
tomb. 


Ships author¬ 
ized to salute. 


The Secretary 
of the Navy. 


scribed in article R. 1101, except that the yards or rail shall not be 
manned, the ruffles and flourishes shall be followed by a march 
by the band, and there shall be but one salute of nineteen guns, 
which shall be fired at his departure, the national ensign being 
displayed at the fore during the salute. 

(2) When the Vice President visits a naval station officially he 
shall receive the same honors as prescribed in article R. 1101 (8), 
except that the ruffles and flourishes shall be followed by a march 
by the band, and there shall be but one salute of nineteen guns, 
which shall be fired upon his arrival instead of on departure. 

1104. (1) When the president of a foreign republic or a for¬ 
eign sovereign visits a ship of the Navy the same honors as those 
prescribed in article R. 1101 shall be extended, except that the 
national ensign of the country represented shall be displayed at 
the main during the entire visit and the national air of that coun¬ 
try played by the band. (Art. R. 1237.) 

(2) When the president of a foreign republic or a foreign sov¬ 
ereign visits a naval station officially he shall receive the same 
honors as prescribed in article R. 1101 (8), the national air of 
his country being played by the band. 

1105. (1) When any member of a royal family visits a ship 
of the Navy the honors prescribed in article R. 1104 shall be ex¬ 
tended, except that the national flag shall be displayed only dur¬ 
ing the salute. (Art. R. 1237.) 

(2) When any member of a royal family visits a naval station 
officially he shall receive the same honors as prescribed in article 
R. 1104 (2), the national air of his country being played by the 
band. 

1106. Whenever a ship of the Navy falls in with a friendly 
foreign ship of war flying the standard or flag of a president of a 
republic, sovereign, or member of a royal family, or passes near 
such standard or flag, if flying elsewhere than from a ship of war, 
a national salute shall be fired and the flag of the nation of the 
president, sovereign, or prince displayed at the main during the 
salute. (Art. R. 1237.) 

1107. When naval vessels are passing Washington’s tomb, 
Mount Vernon, Va., between sunrise and sunset the following 
ceremonies shall be observed as far as practicable: Full guard 
and band paraded; bell tolled and colors half-masted at the be¬ 
ginning of the tolling of the bell. When opposite Washingtons 
tomb taps shall be sounded on the bugle, guard present arms, 
and officers and men on deck stand at attention and salute. The 
colors shall be mast-headed at the last note of taps, the band 
playing the national air, the end of which will be the signal for 
“ carry on.” 

1108. None of the foregoing salutes shall be fired by any ex¬ 
cept ships authorized to salute according to article R. 1201. 

Section 2. —Cabinet Officers, the Chief Justice, Governors, 

Members of Congress, Diplomatic Representatives, and Con¬ 
suls. 

1111. (1) When the Secretary of the Navy visits officially a 
ship of the Navy, all officers of the vessels shall assemble in spe¬ 
cial full dress on the side of the quarter-deck on which he enters; 
he shall be received at the gangway by the flag officer and the 
commanding officer, accompanied by such other officers as may be 
designated; the full guard shall be paraded, and the crew formed 
in order forward of them. When the Secretary reaches the deck, 
officers and men shall salute, the guard present arms, the drum 


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give four ruffles, find the bugle sound four flourishes; the ruffles 
find flourishes shall be followed by a march by the band, and the 
Secretary’s flag shall be displayed at the main while he is on 
board. A salute of nineteen guns shall be fired as soon as practi¬ 
cable after he is received on board. The same ceremonies shall 
be observed when the Secretary of the Navy officially leaves the 
ship, the salute being fired when the boat shall be sufficiently 
clear; the Secretary’s flag being hauled down with the last gun of 
the salute. (Art. It., 1237.) 

(2) When a ship of the Navy falls in with a vessel flying the 
flag of the Secretary of the Navy, his flag shall be saluted with 
nineteen guns. If two or more ships in company fall in with a 
vessel flying such flag, only the senior of the ships in company 
shall fire a salute. 

(3) When the Secretary of the Navy, embarked on board a 
ship with his flag flying, passes close aboard a ship of the Navy, 
the honors laid down in article R. 1152 shall be rendered, except 
that the full guard shall be paraded instead of the guard of the 
day. The same ceremonies shall be observed by a ship when pass¬ 
ing the flag of the Secretary of the Navy flying aboard another 
ship. 

(4) When the Secretary of the Navy, embarked in a boat with 
ids flag flying, passes close aboard of a ship of the Navy, the full 
guard of the latter shall be paraded in a conspicuous position, 
four ruffles given on the drum and four flourishes sounded on 
the bugle, a march shall be played by the band, and officers and 
men shall salute. The same ceremonies shall be observed by a 
ship passing the Secretary’s flag flying in a boat. 

(5) When the Secretary of the Navy is regularly embarked on 
board a ship of the Navy, but is absent therefrom at night with 
the intention of returning within twenty-four hours, his absence 
shall be indicated by six white lights displayed at the peak, one 
above the other. 

(6) When the Secretary of the Navy visits a naval station, 
officially, the honors prescribed in paragraph 1 of this article shall 
be rendered, as far as may be practicable, the full guard being- 
paraded and the Secretary received by the commandant and other 
officers at such place or places as may be most suitable. 

1112. (1) With the exception that the officers shall wear dress th(i e President’s 
uniform, that there shall be but one salute, to be fired upon de- Cabinet other 
parture, and that the national ensign shall be displayed at the * han the Secre- 
fore during the salute, the same honors as prescribed in article jjf“ y ° f 1 h ® 
R. 1111 shall be extended when a ship of the Navy is visited.offi¬ 
cially by a member of the President’s Cabinet other than the 
Secretary of the Navy, or by the President pro tempore of the 

Senate. 

(2) Upon official visits to naval stations of one of the officials 
mentioned in paragraph (1) of this article, the honors prescribed 
in article R. 1111 (6) shall be rendered, except that there shall be 
but one salute, which shall be fired upon arrival. The Assistant 

1113. (1) When the Assistant Secretary of the Navy visits Secretary of the 
officially a ship of the Navy, all officers of the vessel shall assem- Navy. 

ble in dress uniform on the side of the quarter-deck on which he 
enters. He shall be received at the gangway by the senior officer 
on board, accompanied by such other officers as he may designate; 
the full guard shall be paraded, and the crew formed in order 
forward of them. When the Assistant Secretary reaches the deck, 
officers and men shall salute; the guard present arms; the drum 
give three ruffles; and the bugle sound three flourishes; the ruffles 
and flourishes shall be followed by a march by the band, and the 


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Assistant Secretary’s flag shall be displayed at the main while 
he is on board. A salute of fifteen guns shall be fired as soon 
as possible after the Assistant Secretary shall have been received. 
The same ceremonies shall be observed when the Assistant Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy officially leaves the ship, the salute being fired 
when the boat shall be sufficiently clear, the Assistant Secretary’s 
flag being hauled down with the last gun of the salute. (Art. 
R. 1237.) 

(2) When a ship of the Navy falls in with a vessel flying the 
flag of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, his flag shall be 
saluted with fifteen guns. If two or more ships in company fall 
in with a vessel flying such flag, only the senior of the ships in 
company shall fire a salute. 

(3) When the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, embarked on 
board a ship with his flag flying, passes close aboard of a ship 
of the Navy, the honors laid down in article R. 1152 shall be 
rendered, except that the full guard shall be paraded instead of 
the guard of the day. The same ceremonies shall be observed by 
a ship when passing the flag of the Assistant Secretary flying 
aboard another ship. 

(4) When the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, embarked in a 
boat with his flag flying, passes close aboard of a ship of the 
Navy, the full guard of the latter shall be paraded in a con¬ 
spicuous position, three ruffles shall be given on the drum and 
three flourishes sounded on the bugle, a march shall be played 
by the band, and officers and men shall salute. The same cere¬ 
monies shall be observed by a ship passing the Assistant Secre¬ 
tary’s flag flying in a boat. 

(5) When the Assistant Secretary of the Navy is regularly 
embarked on board a ship of the Navy, but is absent therefrom at 
night with the intention of returning within twenty-four hours, 
his absence shall be indicated by four white lights displayed at 
the peak, one above the other. 

(6) When the Assistant Secretary of the Navy visits a naval 
station officially, the honors prescribed in paragraph 1 of this 
article shall be rendered, as far as may be practicable, the full 
guard being paraded and the Assistant Secretary received by the 
commandant and other officers at such place or places as may be 
most suitable. 

Chief Justiee 1114. (1) With the exception that the officers shall wear dress 
of the Supreme uniform, that there shall be but one salute of seventeen guns, to 
<0 (] over nor gen- 1)0 fired u P° n departure, and that the national ensign shall be 
erai. " displayed at the fore during the salute, the same honors as pre- 

A committee of scribed in article R. 1112 shall be extended when a ship of the 
Soeaker S, of r the Navy is visited officially by the Chief Justice of the Supreme 
House Of Kepre- Court of the United States; by a governor general of islands or 
sentatives. groups of islands occupied by the United States forces, when the 

State e Terrtt 0 o f r 3 a visit is ra£lde within the waters of the islands of which he is 
or island. ’ governor general; by a committee of Congress or the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives; by a governor of one of the States 
or Territories of the United States, or of an island under the con¬ 
trol of the United States, within the waters of the State, Territory, 
or island of which he is governor. 

(2) When one of the officials mentioned in paragraph 1 of this 
article visits a naval station officially, the honors prescribed in 
that paragraph shall be rendered, as far as may be practicable, the 
full guard being paraded and such official received by the com¬ 
mandant and other officers at such place or places as may be 
most suitable. The salute shall be fired upon arrival instead of 
on departure. 


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1115. (1) When an ambassador visits officially a ship of the An ambassa- 
Navy, whether within the waters of the nation to which he is dor ‘ 
accredited or elsewhere, he shall be rendered the same honors as 
are prescribed in article It. 1101 , paragraph 1 , except that the 
yards or rail shall not be manned; there shall be but one salute of 
nineteen guns, which shall be fired at his departure, and the na¬ 
tional ensign shall be displayed at the fore during the salute. 

(2) When an ambassador visits a naval station officially, he 
shall receive the same honors as are prescribed in article R. 1101 , 
paragraph 8 , except that there shall be but one salute of nineteen 
guns, which shall be fired upon his arrival instead of at his 
departure. 

(3) When a high commissioner or other diplomatic officer of High contmis- 
the United States whose credentials give him powers equal or 8loner * 
superior to those of an ambassador visits officially a ship of the 

Navy he shall receive the same honors as those prescribed for an 
ambassador. 

(4) When an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, Envoy extraor- 
iuinister resident, diplomatic representative above the rank of d *” a e r * a “ d e ” 5 '*““ 
charge d’affaires and below that of envoy extraordinary and min- tentiary, min¬ 
ister plenipotentiary or charge d’affaires of the United States vis- 1 st er resident, 
its officially a ship of the Navy within the waters of the nation to jJ Jr ®^ ars6 d af ‘ 
which he is accredited he shall be received by the flag officer an(| 
commanding officer and such other officers as may be designated, 

in dress uniform, with the full guard, and with honors as follows: 

(a) An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, three 
ruffles and flourishes; band to play a march, and on departure a 
salute of fifteen guns, with national ensign at fore during the 
salute. 

(b) A minister resident, or diplomatic representative as above, 
two ruffles and flourishes; band to play a march, and on de¬ 
parture a salute of thirteen guns, with national ensign at fore 
during salute. 

(c) A charge d’affaires, one ruffle and one flourish; band to 
play a march, and on departure a salute of eleven guns, with 
national ensign at fore during salute. 

1110 . (1) First secretaries of embassies rank with, but after, 
brigadier generals in the Army and hold a rank intermediate be¬ 
tween rear admirals and captains in the Navy. 

(2) Secretaries of legation rank with, but after, colonels in 
the Army and captains in the Navy. 

(3) Secretaries of embassies and legations shall be given the 
side honors and courtesies due their rank, but they shall not be 
saluted with guns except when acting as charge d’affaires, in 
which case the provisions of article R. 1115, paragraph 4, shall 
govern. 

1117. (1) When a consul general, consul, consular agent, or Consul gen- 
vice consul visits officially a ship of the Navy within the foreign er $o* ngul 
port to which he is accredited he shall be received, in the case consular agent 
of a consul general, by the flag officer and commanding officer, or vice consul, 
and in the case of the other officials mentioned by the command¬ 
ing officer, and the guard of the day shall be paraded. 

(2) Upon the departure of the above-named officials a salute 
shall be fired with the national ensign displayed at the fore dur¬ 
ing the salute, the number of guns to be— 

(a) For a consul general, eleven guns. 

( b ) For a consul, seven guns. 

(c) For a consular agent or a vice consul, five guns. 

(3) A vice consul, when in charge of the office and acting as 
consul general or consul, is entitled to the same honors, salutes. 


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and precedence as regards exchange of official visits as the titular 
officer. 

1118. (1) Consuls general rank with, hut after, brigadier gen¬ 
erals in the Army and hold rank intermediate between rear 
admirals and captains in the Navy. On occasions of ceremony 
other than purely diplomatic functions consuls general, for ques¬ 
tions of precedence, rank with, but next before, first secretaries 
of embassies. 

Diplomatic or 1119. (1) When a diplomatic or consular officer of the United 
♦ 01 L s ? la I officer states makes a passage, officially, aboard a ship of the Navy, to 
aboard.” passagc the country to which he is accredited, he shall be rendered the 
honors prescribed in articles R. 1115 or R. 1117 upon disembarking 
from the ship after arrival in the country in question. No salute 
shall be fired in his honor when he comes on board in the port of 
departure, unless such port be a foreign port, in which case he 
shall receive the same honors upon arrival as prescribed above 
for his disembarkation. 

(2) Should such diplomatic or consular officer come on board 
a ship of the Navy in a port of the country to which he is ac¬ 
credited, for passage home or to some other country, he shall 
receive the same honors upon embarkation as are prescribed in 
the preceding paragraph for disembarkation. He shall receive 
no salute upon disembarkation at his destination, unless such 
destination be a foreign port, in which case he shall receive the 
same honors as when he embarks. 

Section 3.—Naval and Military Officers. 


Salutes. 1126. (1) The following officers are entitled to salutes, ruffles, 

and flourishes, as follows: 

(a) Admiral of the Navy: Nineteen guns, four ruffles and 
flourishes. 

( b) Admiral: Seventeen guns, four ruffles and flourishes. 

(c) Vice Admiral: Fifteen guns, three ruffles and flourishes. 

(d) Rear Admiral: Thirteen guns, two ruffles and flourishes. 

(e) Commodore: Eleven guns, one ruffle and flourish. 

(2) The Major General Commandant and brigadier generals of 
the Marine Corps are entitled to the same salute and other honors 
as a naval officer of corresponding rank. 

(3) A captain or commander appointed to command a squadron 
with temporary rank higher than his permanent rank, is entitled 
to the salute and other honors due the temporary rank conferred 
upon him by his Government. 

(4) In all cases where a guard is paraded for an officer whose 
rank entitles him to a salute of eleven guns or more, the band, if 
there be one, shall be paraded with the guard. (Arts. R. 1157 
and R. 1158.) In tendering honors to a flag or general officer, or 
official of like rank, the band shall play the “Admiral’s March.” 

A flag officer 1127. (1) When a flag officer goes on board his flagship to 
« 0 m ‘ assume command the officers of the vessel shall assemble in dress 
uniform on the side of the quarter-deck on which he enters; he 
shall be received at the gangway by the commanding officer and 
such other officers as the latter may designate; the guard shall 
be paraded and the crew at quarters ready for inspection. When 
the flag officer reaches the deck, officers and men shall salute; the 
guard present arms; ruffles and flourishes be given; the band play 
a march, and the flag officer’s flag shall be hoisted and saluted 
with the number of guns to which he is entitled. 

(2) If a flag officer assumes command in the presence of another 
flag officer his senior, the flag of the former shall not be saluted, 


assumes 

mand. 


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but he shall salute the flag of his senior, which salute shall be 
returned according to the scale prescribed in article R. 1126. If a 
flag officer assumes command in the presence of one or more flag 
officers, his juniors, the salute provided for in paragraph 1 of this 
article shall be fired, and in addition he shall be saluted by the 
flag officer next in rank and by him only. This salute shall be 
returned according to the scale prescribed in article R. 1126. 

1128* In the presence of a senior flag officer salutes to junior Salutes to 
flag officers shall not be fired except as provided in articles R 1129. ° m " 

R. 1130, R. 1131. and R. 1132. In all cases the provisions of article 
It. 1203 shall be observed. 

1129. When a flag officer relinquishes his command afloat the A n flag of ^ cer 
ceremonies at his departure shall be the same as when he assumes command! shes 
command. His flag shall be hauled down at the last gun of the 

salute. 

1130. When a flag officer goes on board a ship of his command. A fla & ofi F <,r 
to make an official inspection he shall be received with the same ©mus comma rub 
honors as prescribed in article It. 1127, except that he shall pre¬ 
scribe the dress to be worn, and his flag shall not be hoisted unless 

hauled down from his flagship. At no time shall his flag be dis¬ 
played from more than one ship. 

1131. When a flag officer visits officially for the first time a ship 

of the Navy not under his command he shall be received by the umior Vis P com- 
senior officer on board and officers of the personal staff and of the maud, 
watch; the guard shall be paraded and ruffles and flourishes given. 

The same ceremonies shall be observed on his departure, and a 
salute fired. 

1132. If a ship shall be inspected by the Board of Inspection se u i0 r ? meraj^r e of 
and Survey for Ships when a flag officer is present as president of j )0 ard of inspec- 
the board, the same ceremonies shall be observed as in the pre-tion and survey, 
ceding article. The flag of such president shall be hoisted and 

saluted, and he shall be regarded as “ a flag officer embarked as 
passenger by due authority.” (Art. It. 1047.) Upon the comple¬ 
tion of the inspection and at his final departure, his flag shall be 
saluted and hauled down. (Art. It. 157 (6).) 

1133. (1) When a flag officer leaves or returns to his flagship le A Tes fla? or offl ®®* 
officially, during the day, the guard shall be paraded and ruffles and t„rn« <o his flas- 
flourishes given; he shall be accompanied to the gangway or re-ship. 

ceived by the commanding officer, the officer of the deck, the 
officers of his personal staff, and the junior officers of the watch. 

( Arts. R. 1140 and R. 1168.) 

(2) When a flag officer is about to leave his flagship officially 
during the day, a red pennant shall be displayed directly under 
his flag, and hauled down when he shoves off. 

(3) The absence of a flag officer from his flagship during the day 
shall be indicated in port by flying the alphabet flag “ E ” at the 
starboard main yardarm during his absence. 

1134. Absence at night, with intention to return within twenty- of ^S“® e 
four hours, shall be indicated by white lights displayed at the peak 

in a vertical line, as follows; 


Admiral of the Navy-Six. 

Admiral_Five. 

Vice admiral_Four. 

Rear admiral_Three. 

Captain or commander appointed to command a force, a 
squadron, flotilla, or division other than destroyers and 
submarines___Three. 


Commander of a destroyer or submarine division (not a flag 


officer)_One. 

Captain of any ship-One. 


(But none if a flag officer’s lights are shown.) 









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Top lights for 
flagships. 


A flag officer 
assumes or re¬ 
linquishes com¬ 
mand of a naval 
station. 

Flag officer sa¬ 
luted h.v ships 
falling iu with 
him. 


1135 . Every ftagsli 
with other ships, shal 
six feet apart, using 
the mainmast and al 
absence lights. 

1136 . When a ilag 
a naval station he sh 
ticable, as prescribed 


ip when in port or when at sea in company 
I carry two white lights in a horizontal line 
outriggers if necessary, on the after side of 
>out six feet below the lowest of the three 

officer assumes or relinquishes command of 
all receive the same honors, so far as prac- 
in articles R. 1127 and R. 1129. 


Flag officers 
saluted when 
meeting. 


Military offi¬ 
cers visiting 
ships of t h e 
Navy. 

Officers to he 
saluted. 


A commanding 
officer leaves or 
returns to his 
ship. 


4 commanding 
officer visits an¬ 
other ship of the 
Navy. 


Field officers 
in command vis¬ 
iting ships of 
the Navy. 


1137 . When a ship of the Navy other than a flagship falls in 
with a flag officer afloat, the latter shall be saluted as provided in 
article R. 1126, and not again saluted by such ship oftener than 
once a year, unless he is promoted, makes a visit of inspection, 
or unless there' is a change in commanding officers duly appointed. 
Tf two or more ships in company fall in with a flag officer only 
the senior of the ships in company shall salute. 

1138 . If a fleet or squadron falls in with another fleet or 
squadron, or if one flagship falls in with another, the flag officers 
in chief command shall exchange salutes; the junior fleet or 
squadron commander first saluting the senior, the number of 
guns fired to be in accordance with article R. 1126. These salutes 
shall not be repeated by the same commanders oftener than once 
a year unless one or-the other is in the meantime promoted. 

1139 . When a general officer of the United States Army or 
Marine Corps or chief of bureau of the Navy Department visits 
officially a ship of the Navy or naval station, he'shall be received 
and saluted in the manner prescribed in article R. 1131. 

1140 . No officer of the Navy, except flag officers or chiefs of 
bureaus in the Navy Department, and no officer of the Army or 
Marine Corps, except those mentioned in article R. 1139 shall be 
saluted with guns. No officer in civilian’s clothes shall be saluted 
with guns or have a guard paraded m his honor. 

1141 . When the commanding officer of a ship leaves or goes on 
board of the vessel under his command, he shall be attended at 
the side by the office]* who in his absence succeeds to the com¬ 
mand; and, if of or above the grade of lieutenant commander, 
the guard of the day shall be paraded in his honor if he leaves 
or returns officially during the day. 

1142 . When a chief of staff or any commanding officer of a ship 
or of a flotilla visits officially another ship of the Navy, he shall 
be attended at his reception and departure by the commanding 
officer and, if of or above the grade of lieutenant commander, 
the guard of the day shall be paraded in his honor. When the 
chief of staff leaves or returns to the flagship officially, the guard 
of the day shall be paraded in his honor. 

1143 . When an officer of the Army or Marine Corps command¬ 
ing a military post or station, of or above the grade of major and 
not above the grade of colonel, visits officially any ship of the 
Navy, he shall receive the same honors as prescribed in article 
R. 1142. 


Honors and ceremonies. 


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Section 4.— Honors and Distinctions in General. 

1151. Before rendering honors to passing ships or commanding Attention pre¬ 
officers above the rank of lieutenant “ attention ” shall be sounded vions to rcnder- 
(where not herein excepted), upon which every one in sight on in s honors, 
deck shall stand at attention facing toward the ship or person 

saluted, until “ carry on ” is sounded. 

1152. (1) Vessels of the third rate or above, except auxiliaries. Vessels of and 
passing close aboard shall exchange salutes by the guard of the above third rate, 
day presenting arms, the band playing the national anthem, 

officers and men above decks at attention and saluting at the end 
of the music. When no band is present the hand salute shall be 
made when abreast the other ship’s colors. If one of the vessels 
is a flagship, the salute is the same, since it is to the national 
ensign that the honors are rendered. The same salute will be 
made to all foreign men-of-war, even though smaller than a third 
rate. Article R. 1159. 

(2) Vessels under third rate and auxiliaries flying a pennant 
shall salute and be saluted by other ships by officers and num be¬ 
ing called to attention by bugle and saluting with the hand. 

1153. By “close aboard” is meant within 600 yards for pass- close aboard, 
ing ships, 400 yards for passing officers. For high personages and 

foreign ships the terra shall be interpreted liberally, and in any 
case of doubt the officer responsible for taking action shall be 
careful not to render less honor than may be due. 

1154. The rendering of honors shall take place while the ships Honor* re «- 
are overlapping, sounding “ attention ” when the jack staff of one dercd h * 1 * 
vessel passes the jack staff or flagstaff of the other and “ carry ovcrlai>p,ns * 

on ” when the quarter-deck of one vessel has passed the quarter¬ 
deck of the other. Honors to an officer shall be rendered while he 
is abreast the quarter-deck, sounding “ carry on ” when the honors 
have been completed and acknowledged. When a guard is pa¬ 
raded arms shall be presented when “ attention ” sounds and 
brought to the order at “ carry on.” 

1155. To a flag officer passing in a boat close aboard with his Fi aP officer 
flag flying the same honors shall be rendered as if he were com- passing. 

ing on board (Art. R. 1126 (4)), but with the guard of the day 
instead of the full guard. Officers and men on deck shall salute 
at the first flourish, remaining at hand salute until the end of the 
last flourish. When the passing officer is a commanding officer 
above the grade of lieutenant, with his pennant flying, “ attention ” 
shall be sounded on the bugle, officers and petty officers on watch, 
sentries, and boat keepers saluting, others on deck standing at 
attention. The honors prescribed in this article shall be rendered 
when the passing officer is a chief of staff with pennant flying. 

1156. Full honors, as specified in the preceding article, shall not 
be rendered to a flag or commanding officer who passes or comes 
alongside without his flag or pennant flying. In such case the 
salute in passing shall be the same as for any commissioned officer, 
namely, boat keepers, sentries, and others who observe the boat, 
salute. If a flag or commanding officer comes on board without 
flag or pennant flying, only side honors shall be given, unless he 
should request full honors on departure. All persons on the 
quarter-deck shall stand at attention, by command without bugle. 

1157. In rendering personal honors, when the guard presents Pcrso,,al hon * 
arms, officers in uniform and men not in formation, on deck and ors * 

in view, shall salute with the right hand, so remaining until the 
end of ruffles and flourishes, or, if none, until “ order arms.” 

1158. When any of the crew are paraded in rendering honors 
they shall salute only by command. 


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Honors be- 1159. No honors other than “attention” on the bugle shall be 
fng Cn maneuvers rendered between vessels while they are engaged in maneuvers 
or evolutions, or evolutions. When two or more ships are in company, whether 
at anchor or under way, coming to anchor or getting under way, 
they shall be considered as a part of the same formation, and as 
engaged in maneuvers or evolutions, so far as concerns salutes. 
In case of a ship or ships joining such formation, honors shall 
not be rendered unless such ship or ships have been or are on de¬ 
tached duty. The term “ detached duty ” in this case does not 
apply to a ship or ships temporarily out of formation, but only 
to ships which, by order of competent authority, have been in 
some port other than the rendezvous of the division, squadron, or 
fleet to which they may belong; or on duty which has kept them 
away from their immediate division, squadron, or fleet for a 
period of more than forty-eight hours. A ship is not considered 
as on detached duty when she leaves the formation, whether 
under way or at anchor, for target practice, coaling in the imme¬ 
diate vicinity, or for similar duty. Ships of divisions or squad¬ 
rons of the fleet getting under way or coming to anchor at about 
the same time, or in obedience to the same signal, shall be con¬ 
sidered as engaged in evolutions, and no honors, other than “ at¬ 
tention” on the bugle, shall be rendered as they pass each other. 
(R. 157, par. 6.) Vessels engaged in tactical evolutions outside 
of port shall not exchange any salutes whatever. 

Stations wisen 1160. When all hands are called for getting under way in port 
petting under-or coming to anchor, all men not specially stationed shall fall in 
nay or coming a t quarters in charge of their division officers. The full guard 
and band and, on board the ship of the senior officer present, the 
crews of the saluting guns, shall form prepared to render or 
return honors. 

1161. The rendering of honors shall be so regulated as not to 
keep officers and men at attention longer than necessary to make 
the salute distinctly recognizable. 

Table of hon- 1102. The following is a tabular statement of salutes to be 
or8, rendered under the foregoing instructions: 


(a) Passing or being passed by a 
foreign man-of-war, United States 
man-of-war, with or without per¬ 
sonal flag flying, whether member 
of fleet, squadron, or division, or 
not. if she has been or is on de¬ 
tached duty. 

(b) Passing or being passed by ves¬ 
sel of own formation or a United 
States vessel under third rate or 
auxiliary flying a pennant. 

(c) Flag officer, with flag flying, 
comes on board. 


( d ) Flag officer, in a boat, passes 
close aboard with flag flying. 

(e) Flag officer, in uniform, with 
no flag flying, comes on board. 


(f) Flag officer, in a boat, passes 
close aboard without flag flying, 
whether in uniform or not. 

( g) Commanding officer, of or above 
rank of lieutenant commander, 
passes close aboard with pennant 
flying. 


Guard of the day and band ; atten¬ 
tion by bugle ; national air. Hand 
salute at end of national air. 


Attention on bugle; hand salute, 
in outside tactical evolutions, 
none. 

Full guard and band; attention by 
bugle; flourishes; march; tend 
side. Hand salute at command 
“present arms,” and remain at 
salute until end of flourishes. 

Guard of the day and band ; atten¬ 
tion by bugle ; flourishes ; march. 
Hand salute as in (c). 

Attention on quarter-deck without 
bugle; tend side. Hand salute 
while piping side as flag officer 
comes aboard. 

No general honors; boat keepers, 
sentries, and others salute. 

Attention by bugle; officers and 
petty officers on watch, boat 
keepers, and sentries salute; 
others stand at attention. 



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(h) Commanding officer, of or above 
rank of lieutenant commander, 
with pennant flying, comes on 
board. 

( i ) Commanding officer, of or above 
rank of lieutenant commander, 
comes on board, no pennant fly- 

.ing. 

U) All officers, not specified, com¬ 
ing on board in uniform. 

(k) All officers not specified above, 
passing close aboard, whether in 
uniform or not, or when coming 
on board in civilian clothes. 


Guard of the day; attention by 
bugle ; tend side. Hand salute at 
command “ present arms,” and 
remain at salute until command 
“ order arms.” 

Attention on quarter-deck without 
bugle; tend side. Hand salute 
while piping side as officer comes 
aboard. 

Attention near gangway without 
bugle; tend side. Hand salute as 
in (i). 

No general honors; boat keepers, 
sentries, and others salute. 


1163. The officer of the deck is especially charged with giving 
the command “Attention,” as regards salutes to ships and to offi¬ 
cers and officials who are entitled to salutes passing in boats. 
Petty officers, leading men, and others tire required to give the 
command when boats pass near the ship with a pennant or flag 
flying, and the bugle call has not been obeyed by everyone in his 
vicinity, or the boat has not been observed by the officer of the 
deck. 

1164. When side honors only are rendered to a flag officer or 
commanding officer, officers and men on deck and in view from the 
gangway shall stand at “ attention,” facing the gangway, and 
salute as the officer appears over the side, and shall remain at 
the salute until the end of the pipe. 

1165. The officer of the deck shall attend at‘the gangway on 
the arrival or departure of any commissioned officer or distin¬ 
guished visitor. 

1166. (1) On the occasion of the official reception or departure 
of a civil, diplomatic, or consular official, or of any commissioned 
officer of the Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Naval Militia, or Coast 
Guard, the side shall be piped. The side shall not be piped for 
shore boats, but officers in them, if in uniform, shall be so saluted 
on reaching or leaving the deck. 

(2) Piping the side for officers not wearing side arms may, by 
order of the commanding officer, be dispensed with, without dis¬ 
tinction of rank or grade, on board of the ships to which they are 
attached. 

1167. Side boys shall attend at the side when the side is piped, 
as follows, except as noted in (e) below: 

(a) For officials saluted with fifteen or more guns, eight. 

(b) For officials saluted with eleven or thirteen guns, six. 

(c) For other officers of and above the rank of commander and 
for officials entitled to corresponding honors, four. 

( d) For other commissioned officers of the Navy or Marine 
Corps and officials entitled to corresponding honors, two. 

1168. (1) All honors, except as prescribed in article R-1165 and 
such as social courtesy may demand, shall be dispensed with at the 
reception or departure of all officers under the following cir¬ 
cumstances : 

(a) When they are in plain clothes. 

( b) When the departure or reception takes place after sunset 
and before 8 a. m. (except that for foreign officers the side shall 
be piped). 

(c) During the meal hours of the crew, for officers of the 
United States Navy or Marine Corps. 

( d ) When coaling ship or when exercising at battle stations, 
for officers of the United States Navy or Marine Corps. 


Duties of offi¬ 
cers of the deck, 
and others. 


When side 
honors rendered, 
persons in view 
salute, etc. 


Officer of the 
deck attends at 
the gangway. 

Piping the 
side. 


Side boys. 


Side honors 
dispensed with. 



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Marine guard 
a ml band not 
paraded. 

Sentries to sa¬ 
lute. 


Use of gang¬ 
ways. 


Salutes to col¬ 
ors and quarter^ 
deck 


Personal s a - 
lutes to officers 
of the Nary, 
Army, and Ma¬ 
rine Corps. 


(e) On board ships having a complement, exclusive of the 
engineer force, of 125 men or less, the attendance of side boys for 
officers of the United States Navy shall be required on occasions 
of ceremony, but shall not be required on ordinary occasions. 
When the side is piped for officers of the United States Army or 
of foreign services, side boys shall be in attendance between 8 
a. m. and sunset. 

(2) The guard and band shall not be paraded on Sundays for 
United States ships or for officers of the United States Navy, 
Marine Corps, or Army. 

1169. Sentries at the gangways shall salute all officers in uni¬ 
form when going or coming over the side. All sentries on the 
upper decks, or in view from outside, shall salute all commissioned 
officers passing them close aboard, in boats or otherwise. 

1170. The starboard gangway shall be used by all commis¬ 
sioned officers and their visitors; the port gangway shall be used 
by all other persons. If the construction of the ship or other 
circumstances make a change in this rule expedient, the change 
may be made, at the discretion of the commanding officer. 

1171. (1) All officers and men, whenever reaching the quarter¬ 
deck, either from a boat, from a gangway, from the shore, or from 
another part of the ship, shall salute the national ensign. In 
making this salute, which shall be entirely distinct from the salute 
to the officer of the deck, the person making it shall stop at the 
lop of the gangway or upon arriving upon the quarter-deck, face 
the colors, and fender the salute, after which the officer of the 
deck shall lie saluted. In leaving the quarter-deck, the same 
salutes shall be rendered in inverse order. The officer of the 
deck shall return both salutes in each case and shall require that 
they be properly made. 

(2) The commanding officer shall clearly define the limits of 
the quarter-deck; it shall embrace so much of the main or other 
appropriate deck as may be necessary for the proper conduct of 
official and ceremonial functions. When the quarter-deck so des¬ 
ignated is forward and at a considerable distance from the colors, 
the salute to the colors prescribed in the preceding paragraph 
will not be rendered by officers and men except when leaving or 
coming aboard the ship. 

(3) The salute to the national colors to be made by officers and 
enlisted men with no arms in hand shall be the “ hand salute,” the 
headdress not to be removed. 

1173. (1) The hand salute shall be exchanged between officers 
and enlisted men when on shore and not in a military formation 
nor at work, on every occasion of their meeting, passing near, or 
being addressed, the officer junior in rank or the enlisted man 
saluting first. Similarly, when afloat every officer and enlisted 
man shall salute a flag officer, his own commanding officer, and 
every officer senior to himself from another ship. When several 
officers in company are saluted, all entitled to the salute shall 
return it. 

(2) Personal salute and other marks of respect due their 
rank shall always be extended to officers of the Army, Marine 
Corps, Naval Militia, and Coast Guard, and to foreign officers. 

(3) The salute to any person whatever, by all officers and en¬ 
listed men in uniform, with no arms in hand, whether on or off 
duty, on any occasion outdoors, shall be the hand sqlqte, using 
the right hand, the headdress not to be removed, 


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1174. (1) On board their own ship, all officers and enlisted Salutes by the 
men shall salute their captain on every occasion of meeting, °" * ' M> 
passing near, or being addressed by him. They shall salute nil 

officers their seniors on their first daily meeting or passing near, 

• and whenever addressing or being addressed by them, and shall 
salute the executive officer or other officer their senior when he is 
making an inspection. At other times they shall clear the gang¬ 
way and stand at attention, facing the officer until he has passed. 

(2) Men at work shall not leave off nor salute unless addressed 
by an officer or called to attention. A man in formation shall not 
salute when directly addressed, but shall come to attention if at 
rest. 

(3) Men seated at work, at games, or at mess are not required 
to rise when an officer passes,' other than the captain, unless 
called to attention or necessary to clear a gangway. 

(4) In a boat where there is no officer, when at a landing or 
at the boom, men seated and not at the oars shall rise and salute 
whenever a boat with an officer in it comes near. If awnings are 

spread, they shall salute without rising. Lights at the 

1175. The side shall be sufficiently lighted to enable an officer gangway. 

to go on board or take their departure without inconvenience. Answering the 

1176. (1) Except when there is a special countersign, the an-bail, 
swering hail from a boat, in reply to a ship’s hail, shall be varied 
according to the senior officer or official who may be in the boat, 

as follows: 

President of the United States_“ United States.” 

Secretary or Assistant Secretary of 

the Navy_“Navy.” 

Flag officer in chief command_“ Fleet.” 

Chief of Staff (when not in command 

of a ship)_“ Staff.” 

Force commander_ “Force” (giving name of 

force). 

Division commander_“- Division” (giving 

number of his division). 

Marine officer commanding a brigade__“ Brigade commander.” 

Flotilla commander_“ Flotilla ” (giving name of 

flotilla). 

Commanding officer_The name of the ship under 

his command. 

Marine officer commanding regiment_“ Regimental commander.” 

Other commissioned officers_*_“Aye, aye.” 

Other officers_“No, no.” 

Enlisted men and marines_“Hello.” 

Boats not intended to go alongside re¬ 
gardless of rank of passengers_“Passing.” 

(2) Steam launches approaching a ship when a flag or pennant 
is not displayed in the bow may sound short blasts on the steam 
whistle at night or during the day when the curtains are so drawn 
that the rank of passengers can not be distinguished, as follows: 


President of the United States_Eight. 

Secretary of the Navy_Seven. 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy_Five. 

Admiral of the Navy_Seven. 

Admiral_Six. 

Vice Admiral_Five. 

Other flag officer___Four. 





















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General officer, Marine Corps_Four. 

Commanding officer, Chief of Staff, or torpedo flotilla com¬ 
mander_Three. 

Marine officer commanding a brigade or regiment_Three. 

Other commissioned officer_Two. 

All others_One. 


Salutes when 1177. (1) Salutes shall he exchanged between boats meeting or 
in boats. passing each other as by the accompanying table. No junior shall 

pass a senior without permission. 

(2) The junior shall always salute first, and the senior shall 
return the salute with the hand. 

(3) Officers of the Army and foreign officers in boats shall 
always be saluted when recognized. 

(4) Officers in uniform, but without flag or pennant flying, or 
when in civilian clothes, shall be saluted with the hand only. 

(5) Coxswains in charge of boats shall always rise and salute 
when officers enter or leave their boats, or when steering a boat 
extending or returning a salute to or from all commissioned offi¬ 
cers. But when steering a loaded or towing boat or a boat under 
sail he shall salute with the hand only. 

(6) Boat keepers and all other men in boats not under way, and 
not containing an officer, shall, when boat awnings are not spread, 
stand and salute when an officer comes alongside, leaves the side, 
or passes near them, and shall remain standing until the boat 
passes or reaches the ship’s side. If boat awnings are spread, they 
shall salute with the hand without rising, but steam launches with 
canopies shipped shall not be considered as boats with awnings 
spread. 

(7) Men working on the ship’s side do not salute, but continue 
their work, except when the bugle sounds the call of attention. 

(8) At morning or evening colors, pulling boats passing near a 
man-of-war of any nationality shall lie on their oars, and steamers 
stop their engines, the coxswains saluting, and members of the 
crews of steamers outside the canopy to stand facing toward the 
colors and saluting. 



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101 


Boat salutes. (Art. R. 1177.) 


Rank of the senior officer in the boat to be saluted. 


Rank or rate of the 
senior in the salut¬ 
ing boat. 

Flag or general 
officer (with 
flag flying.) 

Commanding officer 
above rank of lieu¬ 
tenant (with pen¬ 
nant flying). 

Other 

commis¬ 

sioned 

officer. 

Midship¬ 
man or 
warrant 
officer. 

Flag or general 
officer. 

Commanding 
officer above rank 
of lieutenant (with 
pennant flying). 

Junior salutes 
with hand. 

Stops engine, 

1 a y s on oars, 
and salutes 
with hand. 

Junior salutes with 
hand. 

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Other naval officer 

Stops engine, 

When meeting a 

Junior sa- 


below flag rank 

1 a y s on oars, 
and salutes 

senior command- 

lutes 


and above rank of 

ing officer, or im- 

with 


lieutenant, and 
marine officers of 
cor responding 
rank. 

with hand. 

mediate c o m- 
manding officer, 
stops engine, lays 
on oars, and sa¬ 
lutes with hand. 

hand. 


Other commissioned 

Stops engine, 

Stops engine, lays 
on oars, and sa¬ 
lutes with hand. 

Junior sa- 


officers. 

tosses or trails 
oars, and sa¬ 
lutes with 
hand. 

lutes 

with 

hand. 


Midshipman or war- 

Stops engine, 
tosses or trails 

Stops engine, lays 

S a 1utes 

Junior 

rant officer. 

on oars, and sa- 

with 

salu t e s 


oars, and sa¬ 
lutes with 
hand. 

lutes with hand. 

hand. 

with 

hand. 

Officer and coxswain 

Salutes w i t h 

Salutes with hand... 

Junior sa- 

Junior sa- 

in loaded or tow¬ 
ing boat or boat 
under sail. 

hand. 


lutes 

with 

hand. 

lutes 

with 

hand. 

Coxswain. 

Stops engine, 

Stops engine, lays 

Stands 

Salutes 


tosses or trails 

on oars, stands, 

and sa- 

with 


oars, stands, 
and salutes 
with hand. 

and salutes with 
hand. 

lutes 

with 

hand. 

hand. 


1178. (1) At landings and gangways juniors shall give way to 
seniors, and at all times juniors shall show deference to their 
seniors by abstaining- from crossing the bows of their boats, 
crowding them, or ignoring their presence. The same rules shall 
apply in the relations of officers ashore, whether in vehicles or 
on foot. 

(2) Boats shall always haul clear of shore landings and ships’ 
gangways while waiting. The crews shall not be allowed to leave 
the boats except by authority. 

(8) In accompanying other officers, juniors shall walk or 
ride on the left of their seniors, unless there be special reason for 
the contrary. 

1179. Cheers shall not be given as a compliment to any officer. 

1180. (1) On the occasion of dressing ship all derricks, booms, 
etc., shall be lowered into the places where they secure; the flag 
and jack staffs shall be shipped, and a national ensign shall be 
hoisted at each masthead, except in the case of a flagship. If the 
masts are the same height, the ensigns shall be the same size. At 
the peak, or on a staff aft, the largest ensign with which a ship 
is furnished shall be displayed. Forward, on the jack staff, the 
jack shall be hoisted. The ship shall be dressed at 8 a. m. and 
remain so until sundown. (Art. R. 1237, 1180 (4).) 


Juniors to give 
way to seniors. 


Cheering. 

To dress ship. 
























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Personal flags 
or pennants. 


To full - dress 
ship. 


Manning yards. 


Manning the 
rail. 


Distinguished 
officials visiting 
navy yards. 


Salute to 
foreign port. 


Salutes to for¬ 
eign flag officers. 


(2) In ships having sail power, all blit royal yards shall be 
crossed before 7.30 a. m. 

(3) If the dressing is complimentary to some other nation, then 
the ensign or standard of that nation shall be hoisted as provided 
in articles It. 1231 and R. 1237. 

(4) In three-masted vessels no ensign shall be displayed at a 
mizzen masthead where the flag of a rear admiral is flying. (Art. 
R 1237.) 

1181. (1) On the occasion of full-dressing ship, in addition to 
the dressing of the mastheads, when the masting of the ship will 
permit, a rainbow of flags shall be arranged, reaching from the 
water line forward to the water line aft. Peculiarly masted 
ships shall provide to make the most artistic display, as little 
modified from the rainbow effect as it is possible for them to 
arrange. 

(2) Where possible, all ships shall be dressed alike, and, to 
insure uniformity, the flags shall be stopped on in the order 
given in the Introduction to the General Signal Book. 

1182. (1) On an occasion of manning yards at the reception of 
any distinguished personage, the men shall be sent aloft in time to 
lay out when the approaching boat is at a distance of two hun¬ 
dred yards; those forward of the gangway shall face aft, and 
those abaft, forward; they shall lay in and lay down at the last 
gun of the salute, or in case no salute is tired, upon the comple¬ 
tion of the side honors. 

(2) Upon his departure, the men shall lay out as he comes on 
deck and face as before; they shall lay in and lay down at the 
last gun. If his movements render it necessary, the men while on 
the yards shall be faced about by word of command so as to con¬ 
tinue facing the visitor. 

(3) The senior officer may dispense with manning yards on 
occasions when the weather or other circumstances render it un¬ 
safe, or when ships are not properly masted or rigged for such a 
ceremony. In the latter case the rail may be manned for per¬ 
sonages visiting or passing the ship. 

1183. When any distinguished official visits a navy yard or 
naval station he shall, so far as practicable, receive the same 
honors as if visiting a ship of the Navy. (Arts. R. 1101 to R. 1105, 
and R. 1111 to R. 1114, inclusive.) 

Section 5.— Honors and Salutes to Foreign Governments and 

Officials. 

1101. When a ship of the Navy enters a port of any foreign na¬ 
tion the Government of which is recognized by the United States, 
where there is a fort or battery displaying the national flag, or 
where a commissioned ship of war of that nation is lying, she 
shall fire a salute of 21 guns unless her commanding officer has 
reason to believe that the salute can not be returned; and in this 
case he shall immediately take steps to ascertain the local regu¬ 
lations or customs. This salute shall be the first fired after en¬ 
tering the port. The ensign of the nation saluted shall be dis¬ 
played at the main during the salute. In case two or more ships 
enter in company, only the senior shall salute. (Art. R. 1212 (3), 
R. 1237.) 

1192. (1) When a ship of the Navy falls in at sea with a 
friendly foreign ship of war flying the flag or pennant of a flag- 
officer or commodore, she shall exchange salutes with such ship of 
war in the same manner as when meeting similar ships of the 


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United States, as provided in articles R. 1137 and R. 1138, except 
that the salute will be returned gun for gun. 

The national ensign of the country of the officer saluted shall be 
displayed at the fore during such salute. 

(2) In port, if several flag officers are to be saluted, the salutes 
shall be fired in the order of their grade; if of the same grade, 
priority shall be given, first, to the nationality of the port, and, 
second, to the length of service of the flag officers in their respec¬ 
tive commands. As between flag officers of the same grade, the 
last comer will salute first. These salutes shall be fired as soon as 
possible after the usual boarding visits have been made, if not fired 
before. The national ensign of the country of the officer saluted 
shall be displayed at the fore during such salute. 

1193. (1) On the occasion of the first official visit of a foreign Salutes to oth- 
naval or military officer, a member of the diplomatic corps, or e i r a] forei & n offl * 
other distinguished official to a ship of the Navy, he is to receive c a s ' 

the same honors as an official of the United States of the same 
grade or rank. 

(2) The honors for a foreign cabinet officer shall be the same 
as those prescribed in article R. 1112 for a member of the Cabinet 
of the President of the United States other than the Secretary of 
the Navy. 

(3) A foreign official not thus provided for, when visiting a ship 
of the Navy, may be saluted either at his reception or departure 
with the number of guns he would be entitled to receive if visiting 
a ship of his own nation, or the number prescribed by the senior 
officer, not, however, to exceed nineteen. (Arts. R. 1183 and 
R. 1212.) No personal flag of any foreign official shall be saluted 
except as prescribed in articles R. 1106 and R. 1192, unless assur¬ 
ance is received that the salute will be returned. 

1194. No salute shall be fired in honor of any nation or of any Nations not 
official of any nation not formally recognized by the Government recognized. 

of the United States. 

1195. Officers and men of the Navy shall extend to foreign when meeting 
officials, when passing near ships of the Navy with the insignia of foreign ofiiciais. 
their rank flying, or when met ashore or afloat, the personal 

salutes and other marks of respect due to similar officials of the 
United States. 

1196. (1) No ship of the Navy shall lower her sails or dip her Lowering sails 

ensign unless in return for such compliments. and dip P lns «»- 

(2) Of the colors carried by a naval force on shore, only the slgu * 
battalion or regimental colors shall be dipped in rendering or 
acknowledging a salute; the national colors shall not be dipped, 
except when passing in review before the President or as a com¬ 
pliment to the sovereign or ruler or a member of the royal 
family of another country. 

1197. National airs of foreign States shall be played by the National airs 

band as a compliment as follows: played in com- 

( a) In the morning, after colors, the national air of the port, p men ' 
followed by the national airs of the ships of war present, in the 
order of rank. (Art. R. 1192.) 

( b ) When passing or being passed by a foreign ship of war 
close aboard, at which time officers and men on deck in sight 
shall salute and sentries present arras. (Arts. It. 1152, R. 1153, 
and It. 1172.) 


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Saluting ships. 


If unahle to 
salute. 


To salute if 
possible. 


A national sa¬ 
lute. 


Salutes in 
presence of a 
senior. 


When salutes 
may be fired. 


United States 
forts and cities. 

AVhere not to 
salute. 

Boats while 
salute is firing. 


Officials enti¬ 
tled to salutes 
visit in com¬ 
pany. 

Salutes to an 
official making a 
passage. 


When in doubt 
as to the rank 
of an official. 


Section G.—Gun Salutes in General. 

1201. (1) In the absence of instructions from the department, 
vessels of the Navy of the first, second, and third rates, except 
colliers, refrigerating ships, supply ships, distilling ships, tank 
steamers, repair ships, and hospital ships, shall be considered as 
saluting ships. 

(2) In cases where, from any special cause, a ship, from which 
a salute in compliment to a foreign power or officer may reason¬ 
ably be expected, is unable to salute, the circumstances are to be 
explained on the spot to the representative of such foreign power. 

(3) In cases where, from any special circumstances, the omis¬ 
sion to salute can not be explained -without giving offense' to a for¬ 
eign power or officer, salutes shall be fired by any ship which can 
possibly do so with safety, whether included in the foregoing 
category or not. 

1202. (1) A national salute shall consist of twenty-one guns. 

(2) The interval between guns in all salutes shall be five 

seconds. 

1203. (1) In the official presence of the President of the United 
States, or of the President or sovereign of any other nation, no 
gun salute shall be fired by vessels of the Navy to any personage 
of lesser degree. 

(2) No salute shall be fired in the presence of a senior without 
his permission, except it be one in honor of such senior. (See 
R. 1129-1132.) 

(3) Whenever a salute is fired, following the motions of the 
flagship or ship of the senior officer present, each ship shall begin 
its salute with the first gun from the flag or senior ship. 

(4) During the firing of a salute all officers and men on deck 
shall stand at attention and face toward the ship or person 
saluted. 

1204. (1) No salute shall be fired between sunset and sunrise. 
As a general rule, salutes shall be fired between 8 a. m. and sunset. 
Salutes shall not. be fired on Sunday, unless required by interna¬ 
tional courtesy. The national ensign shall always be displayed 
during a salute. 

(2) In the case of a salute at 8 a. m., the first gun shall be 
fired at the last note of the national anthem. 

1205. Forts and cities of the United States shall not be saluted 
by ships of the Navy. 

1206. Salutes shall not be fired in ports or parts of ports where 
they are forbidden by the local authorities. 

1207. Any boat having an official on board shall lay on oars 
(or stop the engine), bows forward, during the firing of a salute 
in his honor. 

1208. When two or more officials each entitled to a salute visit 
a ship of the Navy and depart in company, but one salute shall be 
fired, and that to the senior. If they depart in succession, each 
shall be saluted. 

1200. When any official entitled to a salute embarks in a ship 
of the Navy for the purpose of making a passage in her, he shall 
be saluted when going on board and again upon disembarking. 
(Art. R. 1119.) 

1210. When in doubt as to what officials are to be visited, 
saluted, or otherwise honored, or as to the rank of any official, or 
whether a salute (involving a return) will be returned, com¬ 
manding officers of ships of the Navy shall first send an officer to 
the official or other suitable person to obtain the' required in¬ 
formation. 


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1211. Salutes anti other ceremonies attending the reception or 
departure of officials may he dispensed with at the personal re¬ 
quest of the officers in whose' honor they are prescribed. 

1212. (1) Officials whose rank entitles them to nineteen or 
more guns shall receive full honors, including the salute with 
guns, on the occasion of every visit. 

(2) Other officials, whether naval, military, or civil, shall not 
he saluted by the same ship at the same port, or by a naval sta¬ 
tion, oftener than once in twelve months, unless such official has 
been advanced in rank, or unless he be on special duty in which 
international or other exceptional courtesies may be involved, 
when the commanding officer shall, in the absence of instructions, 
exercise his discretion. If a personal visit is made by a flag officer 
of a different command, such officer jShall be given a personal 
salute on his departure, although his flag may have been previ¬ 
ously saluted. (See R. 1137, 1138.) 

(3) Foreign saluting ports shall be saluted on the occasion of 
every visit, except in the case of a ship leaving port temporarily, 
when, by agreement with the local authorities, the salute may 
be dispensed with. 

Section 7.— Return Gun Salutes. 

1221. The following arrangements entered into by the mari¬ 
time powers will be observed in regard to returning salutes: 

(1) Salutes to be returned gun for gun— 

( a ) To the national flag upon arrival in a foreign port. 

( b ) To foreign flag officers and commodores when met'at sea or 
in port. 

(2) Salutes not to be returned— 

(a) To a president of a republic, royal personage, or members 
of royal families, whether on arrival at or departure from a port 
or upon visiting ships of war. 

(b) To diplomatic, naval, military, or consular authorities, or 
to governors, or officers administering a government, whether on 
arrival at or departure from a port, or when visiting ships of 

war. 

(o) To foreigners of high distinction on visiting ships of war. 

( d ) Upon occasions of national festivals or anniversaries. 

1222. (1) When a ship or naval station of the United States 
salutes the flag of the Secretary of the Navy, or of the Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, or the flag of a flag officer, the return salute 
shall be as prescribed by article It. 1126. The return salute to any 
other commanding officer shall be seven guns. 

(2) No salutes to other officials of the United States are to be 
returned. 

1223. Personal salutes fired to flag officers, either of the United 
States or of any foreign State, on the occasion of their paying 
official visits are not to be returned. 

1224. It is the duty of a fort or other Army post to return a 
national salute fired by a foreign ship of war entering a port of 
the United States. In case there is no fort or post capable of 
returning the salute, it shall be returned by the senior ship 
present, and if there be none, by a naval battery or station. 

Section 8.—Ensigns Displayed When Saluting or Returning 

Salutes. 

1231. The following rules in regard to displaying ensigns while 
saluting or returning salutes shall be observed. (Art. R. 1237) : 


Salutes and 
ceremonies may 
be dispensed 
with. 


When salutes 
are due. 


Return salutes. 


Return salutes 
of flag oflicers. 


Salutes to flag 
officers, when 
not to be re¬ 
turned. 


Salutes to 
United States 
ports to be re¬ 
turned by whom. 


Salutes to 
funct i o n a r i e s 
mentioned i n 
sections 1 and 2. 


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National 8 a * 
lutes. 


Foreign n a - 
tional anniver¬ 
saries or festi¬ 
vals. 


Foreign flag 
officers. 


Personal sa¬ 
lutes to foreign 
officials. 


Salutes to 
United States 
officials other 
than naval. 


Distinctive 
marks of ships 
of the Navy. 

Insignia of 
command. 


Where d 1 s - 
played. 


Personal flags 
displayed with 
ensigns. 


(1) On tlie occasion of saluting the officials mentioned in sec¬ 
tions 1 and 2 of this chapter, ensigns shall be displayed as therein 
directed. 

(2) When firing a national salute upon entering a foreign 
port, or when returning the same from a ship of war of a foreign 
nation, the ensign of the foreign nation shall be displayed at the 
main. 

(3) On all occasions of celebrating foreign national anniver¬ 
saries or festivals, when salutes are fired, the ensign of the nation 
celebrating the day shall be displayed at the main during the 
salute and for such further times as the ships of such nation pres¬ 
ent may remain dressed, and in the case of an anniversary of the 
nation in whose waters the ship is lying, where no ships of that 
nation are present, until sunset. 

(4) While saluting the flag or broad pennant of a foreign flag 
officer or commodore, or returning a foreign salute to a flag officer 
or commodore of the United States, the ensign of the foreign 
nation shall be displayed at the fore. 

(5) During personal salutes fired in honor of foreign naval, 
military, diplomatic, and consular officials, while visiting ships 
of the Navy, or other foreigners of distinction not provided for in 
section 1, the ensign of the foreign nation to which the visitor 
belongs shall be displayed at the fore. 

(6) On the occasion of saluting in foreign ports officials of 
the United States other than naval, the national ensign shall be 
displayed at the fore. If in the ports of the United States, no 
colors will be displayed in honor thereof, except as provided in 
sections 1 and 2 of this chapter. 

Section 9.—Ensigns, Flags, and Pennants. 

1236. (1) The distinctive mark of a ship of the Navy in com¬ 
mission, other than the national ensign, is a flag or pennant at a 
masthead. 

(2) The distinctive mark of the senior on board shall be dis¬ 
played day and night, and shall be carried at the main, except 
the flag of a rear admiral and pennant of a senior officer present, 
which shall be carried at the after mast and starboard after 
yard arm, respectively. (Art. R. 1237.) 

(3) No flags or pennants other than those prescribed in these 
regulations or the signal book shall be displayed on board any 
ship of the Navy as a personal honor to any person or for the 
purpose of indicating the presence of such person on board, and 
all flags or pennants thus displayed shall conform strictly to the 
patterns laid down in the signal book. 

(4) In twohnasted ships all such flags and pennants shall be 
displayed from the main; in single-masted ships from the truck; 
and in mastless ships from the loftiest and most conspicuous 
hoist. (Art. 11. 1237.) 

1237. (1) Except as prescribed in paragraph 2 of this article, 
no personal flag of any official shall ever be displayed at the 
same masthead with any national ensign. Whenever such double 
display is required under these regulations, in dressing ship or 
during a visit aboard of any foreign official, the personal flag or 
pennant shall be displayed at the fore while the national ensign 
is hoisted at the main. In dressing ship, the personal flag or 
pennant shall be shifted to the fore during such period of dress¬ 
ing, and no national ensign shall then be flown from that mast¬ 
head. This provision shall be complied with in dressing ship in 


107 


honor of our own country by shifting the personal flag or broad 
pennant forward and displaying our own ensign at the main. 

(2) A personal flag or broad pennant at a masthead where a 
national flag is shown during a gun salute shall be lowered until 
clear of the national flag, during the salute. 

(3) When the personal flag of the President of the United 
States, of the Secretary of the Navy, of the Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy, or of the Admiral of the Navy is flying aboard any 
ship of the Navy, no other personal flag or pennant shall be dis¬ 
played aboard such ship. Should two or more of the above-named 
officials visit a ship at the same time, the flag of the senior only 
shall be displayed. 

1238. (1) The national ensign on board a ship of the Navy at When the nn- 
anchor shall be hoisted at 8 a. m. and kept flying until sunset. f ns lf n 
Whenever a ship comes to anchor or gets under way, if there is played. ° * s " 
sufficient light for the ensign to be seen, it shall be hoisted, al¬ 
though earlier or later than the time specified. Unless there are 

good reasons to the contrary, the ensign shall be displayed when 
falling in with other ships of war or when near the land, and es¬ 
pecially when passing or approaching forts, lighthouses, or towns. 

(2) When two or more vessels of the first rate are in company.^ 0 col . or " 
in port, the senior officer present shall, at 7.45 a. m., make a pre-{,y s °gnai. S ° r 
paratory signal, giving the size of colors to be hoisted for the 

day; if made during the day, colors shall be shifted when the 
signal is hauled down. Jacks, flag and senior officers’ flags and 
pennants, and commission pennants, corresponding in size to the 
colors, shall be flown. 

(3) The national ensign shall be displayed on shore from 8 
a. m. to sunset at every shore station under the jurisdiction of 
the Navy Department, at such point as the commandant thereof 
may direct, and, except as specified in the following sentence, at 
that point only. Where there exist outlying reservations under 
the command of such commandant, which lie so far from the 
main reservation that their governmental character is not clearly 
indicated by the display of the ensign at such main reservation, 
the commandant shall direct the national ensign to be displayed 
at such point on each such outlying reservation as he may deem 
desirable. 

1239. (1) When at anchor the union jack shall be flown from When the 

the jack staff from morning colors to evening colors. displayed 11 * 11 

(2) The jack hoisted at the fore is a signal for a pilot. A gun 
may be fired to call attention to it. 

(3) The jack hoisted at the mizzen or at a yardarm denotes 
that a general court-martial or court of inquiry is in session. It 
is to be hoisted (and, if in port, a gun fired) when the court 
meets and to be hauled down when the court adjourns. 

1210. The boat ensign shall always be displayed from boats Boat ensign, 
between 8 a. m. and sunset, when away from the ship, if in a 

foreign port. When the ship is dressed the ensigns of boats 
which are absent from the ship or at the booms shall be dis¬ 
played. An ensign shall also be displayed in a home port when 
boarding foreign vessels, and at such other times as may be pre¬ 
scribed by the commanding officer. 

1211. When two or more flag officers of the same grade meet Flag of officers 
the senior only shall fly the blue flag, and all others the red. graded 8 a m ® 

1212. When two or more ships of the Navy are together, with senior officer’s 
no distinctive flag of a flag officer or division commander flying, pennant. 

the senior officer’s pennant shall be displayed at the starboard 
after yardarm of the senior ship, in addition to the narrow pen¬ 
nant at the main. 


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Flag or pen¬ 
nant of an offi¬ 
cer commanding 
a naval station. 


Flag of offi¬ 
cers afloat at a 
navy yard. 


Flag of an of¬ 
ficer absent, from 
his c ommand 
temporarily. 


Insignia of 
command in bow 
of boat. 


Pennants o f 
division c o m - 
manders. 


Ships not in 
United States 
service. 


Officer In a 
boat not flying 
flag or pennant. 

Mark upon the 
boat of a flag 
officer or com¬ 
modore. 


1243. (1) An officer in command of a naval station shall fly 
liis flag or broad pennant, or senior officer’s pennant, on the re¬ 
ceiving ship, if there be one; and if not, at some conspicuous and 
suitable place within the limits of his command, without regard 
to any flags or pennants of officers in command afloat. 

(2) When cruising ships attached to a regularly organized fleet 
are lying at a naval station, the senior officer of such ships shall 
fly the senior officer’s flag or pennant without reference to the 
flag or pennant of the commanding officer of the shore station, 
except that a division commander shall not replace his flag or 
pennant by the pennant of the senior officer present. The senior 
officer present’s pennant, when thus hoisted, indicates the senior 
officer of the fleet present, and shall not relieve the commandant 
of his duties as senior officer present for vessels not attached to 
such fleet. If vessels attached to two or more regularly organ¬ 
ized fleets or squadrons are lying at the same naval station, the 
senior officer of them all only shall hoist the pennant of the 
senior officer present, but the senior officer present in each fleet 
or squadron shall perform the duties of that office for all vessels 
of the fleet or squadron to which he is attached. 

1244. (1) When in a port of the United States on the occasion 
of the absence of a flag officer from his command afloat for a 
period exceeding twenty-four hours his flag shall be hauled down, 
and the command shall devolve upon the line officer next in rank 
present in the fleet, squadron, or division, subject to any direc¬ 
tions from the flag officer. 

(2) If in a foreign port, the same officer shall succeed to the 
command, and the flag shall be displayed from the ship in which 
the temporary commander is embarked, but without tiring a 
salute. (R. 1044, par. 5.) 

(3) When the command is temporarily transferred in accord¬ 
ance with the provisions of this article, the business of the com¬ 
mand shall be carried on, if practicable, through the office of the 
absent flag officer, in order that the records may be kept contin¬ 
uous and complete. 

1245. Any flag or other officer in command afloat or at a naval 
station may, when in uniform, and upon official occasions and 
visits shall, carry on a staff at the bow of the boat in which he 
is embarked a flag or broad or narrow pennant, according to his 
rank. 

1240. (1) An officer not a flag officer duly appointed to the 
command of a division and not in command of a ship, shall carry 
the division pennant at all times at the masthead and in the bow 
of a boat in which he is embarked officially. 

(2) An officer in command of a ship and temporarily desig¬ 
nated to command a division shall not carry the division pennant 
at the masthead nor in the bow of a boat when separated from 
the fleet, squadron, or station to which he belongs. 

1247. An officer of the Navy commanding a ship engaged other¬ 
wise than in the service of the United States shall not display a 
pennant or flag of command at the masthead or in the bow of a 
boat. 

1248. A flag or commanding officer, when embarked in a boat 
without his distinctive flag or pennant flying, shall be considered 
as present in an unofficial capacity. 

1249. The boat of a flag officer or commodore shall carry on 
each bow, in gilt, the stars as arranged in his flag or pennant 
and on the end of the flag and pennant staffs, a gilt lance head. 


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1250. The boats of other officers in command shall carry a gilt Marks upon 
arrow on each bow. If the officer in command be of the grade of jjjjfdijt. Officer" 
captain, a gilt ball shall be carried on the end of the boat pennant 

and flagstaffs; if a commander, a gilt star; if of lower rank, flat 
trucks. 

1251. A chief of staff not in command shall carry a pennant in Chief of staff 
the bow of his boat only when visiting officially on behalf of his not in commaml * 
flag officer. 

1252. No personal flag or pennant of any officer of the Navy Insignia of 

shall be half-masted when displayed either from ships or boats, half-masted. ' 6,1 

except upon the decease of the officer. * 

1253. (1) When the President of the United States, the Secre- mark 8 o/ 1 ° ( ii (no¬ 
tary of the Navy, or the Assistant Secretary is embarked in a matic fuuciioa- 

ship’s boat, his flag shall be displayed in the bow of the boat, ar5es * 

except when otherwise requested by him. 

(2) When a diplomatic official of the United States of and 
above the rank of charge d’affaires pays an official visit afloat in 
a boat of the Navy, the union jack of a suitable size shall be 
carried on a staff in the bow. 

(8) When the naval governor of Guam or Tutuifa is embarked 
in a boat, within the limits of his government, for the purpose of 
paying visits of ceremony in his official capacity as governor, a 
union jack of suitable size shall be carried on a staff in the bow 
of the boat. 

(4) When a consular representative of the United States pays 
an official visit afloat in a boat of the Navy, the consular flag 
shall be displayed on a staff in the bow. 

1254. (1) The following ceremonies shall be observed at H°nors 10 
“colors” on board ships in commission: The field music, guard "t 8°"* m. 0 ” 8 S " 
of the day, and the band, if there be one, shall be present. At 

morning “ colors ” the band shall play the National Anthem, at 
the beginning of which the ensign shall be started up and hoisted 
smartly to the peak or truck. All the officers and men shall face 
the ensign and stand at attention, and the guard of the day and 
sentries under arms shall come to the position of “ present ” 
while the National Anthem is being played. At the end of the 
National Anthem all officers and men shall salute, ending the cere¬ 
mony. If there be no band available, the field music shall sound 
the “ colors ” call in place of the National Anthem. Honors to 
foreign ensigns shall be rendered in the same manner as the above, 
substituting the appropriate national air. 

(2) The same ceremonies shall be observed at sunset “colors,” 
the ensign being started from the peak or truck at the beginning 
of the National Anthem. The ensign shall not be lowered 
hurriedly. 

(3) At naval stations the same ceremonies shall be observed as At naval sta- 

closely as possible. tion8, 

(4) Upon hoisting the ensign at sunrise the usual honors and At sunrise, 
ceremonies shall be paid, and they shall not be repeated at 8 a. m. 

(5) The same honors shall be rendered at “colors” to foreign 
ensigns, except that where such honors should be rendered simul¬ 
taneously to our own and to foreign ensigns the precedence shall 
be given to our own. 

1255. In half-masting the ensign it shall, if not previously Half-masting 
hoisted, be first hoisted to the truck or peak with the usual cere- the ensign, 
monies and then lowered to half-mast. Before lowering from half- 

mast it shall be first hoisted to the truck or peak and then lowered 
with the usual ceremonies. 


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Motions of the 
senior officer to 
be followed. 


Answering a 
dip. 


Colors to be 
shown at day¬ 
light. 


Man-of-war 

lights. 


Ships with less 
than three masts. 


Arrival of 
President, Sec¬ 
retary of Navy, 
or Assistant Sec¬ 
retary. 


Interchange of 
visits afloat. 


Hoarding vis¬ 
its. 


Return of a 
boarding visit. 

Official visits; 
officers of the 
same grade. 


Officers of dif¬ 
ferent grades. 


Return visits 
of flag officers. 


1256. Upon all occasions on board ship or at naval stations of 
hoisting, lowering, or half-masting the colors, or displaying the 
union jack, the motions of the senior officer present in sight shall 
be followed. 

1257. When any vessel salutes a ship of the Navy by dipping 
her national ensign, it shall be returned, dip for dip. If before 8 
a. m. or after sunset, the colors shall be hoisted, the dip re¬ 
turned, and, after a suitable interval, the colors hauled down. 

1258. (1) A ship of the Navy entering port at night shall 
hoist her ensign at daylight for a short period, to enable the 
authorities of the port and ships of war present to determine her 
nationality. It is customary for other ships of war to show their 
colors in return. 

(2) At night, when approaching an anchorage where men-of- 
war are likely to be found, all ships shall hoist at the peak two 
white lights in a vertical line. When at anchor in port and 
sighted an incoming vessel making this display of lights, United 
States ships at anchor shall answer such signal by hoisting the 
same display. 

1259. On board a ship where, for want of masts, the distinc¬ 
tive mark of command can not be displayed as prescribed, it shall 
be hoisted in the most conspicuous position possible. Under 
similar circumstances the position of a national ensign during a 
salute will be modified as may be necessary, following the spirit 
of the rules herein laid down, but its display must not be omitted. 
(Arts. R. 1236 and R. 1237.) 

Section 10.— Visits of Ceremony. 

1266. When the President of the United States, the Secretary 
of the Navy, or the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, away from 
the seat of government, arrives for a visit in the vicinity of a 
naval station or of a port in which there is a naval vessel, the 
senior officer present shall send an officer to ask officially for 
instructions, and shall himself officially call, if the duration of such 
visit permits. 

1267. The following rules, in which the maritime powers gen¬ 
erally have concurred, shall be observed by all officers of the Navy 
in regard to the interchange of visits with officers of friendly 
foreign ships of war in all ports. Their observance by foreign 
officers may be expected: 

(a) The senior officer in port, whatever may be his rank, shall, 
upon the arrival of a foreign ship of war, send an officer to such 
ship to offer the customary courtesies. In case two or more ships 
of the same nation arrive in company, then the visit shall be 
made to the senior ship only. 

(b) When such a visit is made to a ship of the Navy, an officer 
shall be sent to return it at once. 

(c) Within twenty-four hours of arrival, the flag or other officer 
in chief command of the arriving ship or ships shall visit the 
flag or other officer in chief command of the foreign ship or ships 
present in port, if the latter be his equal or superior in grade. 
Such a visit made to a ship of the Navy shall be returned within 
twenty-four hours. 

(d) In the case of officers of different grades the junior shall 
pay the first visit, the same limits of time being observed as to 
the visit and its return. 

( e ) All flag officers shall return visits of officers of the grade 
of captain and of those of superior grades. They gftaU sep# their 


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chief of staff to return the calls of commanders or other junior 
commanding officers. 

(/) Captains and commanding officers of junior grades shall Return visits 
return all visits made to them by commanding officers, whatever 0 * commanding 
their grade. officcrs * 

(g) In the case of two or more ships arriving in port or lying Visits of com- 
in port when another ship arrives, and after the interchange of“ andln s ° mc t e ,™ 
visits between the senior officers shall have taken place, the cap- g C n[o r ^officers 
tains or other officers in command of the several ships of war present, 
arriving shall call upon the flag officer, the captains, and other 

officers in command of the ships of war in port, who will return 
the visits with the exceptions mentioned in paragraph (e) above. 

1268. Wardroom officers of a ship of the Navy arriving in port Visits of ward- 
shall, after the interchange of the usual visits by their own and room officers * 
other commanding officers, call upon commanding and wardroom 

officers of other ships of war in port, when such visits, in the 
opinion of their commanding officer, are usual or desirable, and 
will probably be returned. The officers to make the visits shall 
be designated by the commanding officer. 

1269. The visits of ceremony prescribed in articles R. 1267 and 
R. 1268 are those regularly tendered by officers of the principal 
maritime nations. In view of the large number of such visits 
which must sometimes be made under those rules, when a con¬ 
siderable number of ships are assembled, the following modifica¬ 
tions thereof will be carried out: 

(a) When two or more ships of the Navy arrive at a port 
where there is a United States naval station, or where there is 
stationed a force of marines who are not attached to a naval 
station, or when two or more ships meet two or more other ships 
of the United States Navy, visits shall only be exchanged between 
the senior officers present, ashore and afloat. 

(h) In cases where foreign stations or ships are concerned, the 
senior officer present shall make such arrangements with the 
foreign officer or officers in command in regard to the exchange 
of official visits by subordinates as circumstances, expediency, and 
international courtesy may require. 

1270. Visits of ceremony between officers of ships of the Navy yj S jt s between 
and those of foreign naval and military stations, and between naval stati o ns 
officers of naval stations and those of foreign ships of war, shall an(1 ships * 

be governed by the rules laid down in articles R. 1267, It. 1268, and 
It. 1269, so far as officers of the United States Navy are concerned. 

1271. (1) Visits of ceremony in the United States Navy, visits between 
weather permitting, shall be exchanged by flag officers, by cap- officers of the 
tains, and by commanding officers afloat as soon as practicable Kavy * 

after meeting or upon arriving within communicating distance. 

In all cases the junior shall make the first visit, and it shall be 
returned within twenty-four hours. Flag officers are not re¬ 
quired to return the visits of officers under their command, ex¬ 
cept in the case of visits of other flag officers. 

(2) The same visits shall be exchanged by commanding officers Visits to com- 
afloat and commandants of naval stations as soon as practicable mandants. 
after the arrival of a ship at a navy yard or within convenient 

boating distance therefrom. With foreign vessels arriving within 
the limits of a naval station, visits shall be exchanged when 
practicable, regardless of distance. 

(3) An officer joining a ship or naval station shall, in addition visits of cour- 
to reporting for duty, make a visit of courtesy to his commanding tesj. 

officer or commandant within forty-eight hours after joining. 


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(4) Where a Marine Corps force is stationed at a port and is 
not a part of a navy yard or station, the same official calls shall 
be exchanged between the commanding officer thereof and the 
senior naval officer afloat as prescribed in paragraph (2) of this 
article. 

Arrival of 1272. Whenever a ship of the Navy arrives in waters adjacent 
shi, ! s t0 bc rc ; to a naval station of the United States, the senior officer present 
mandants? C ° m " shall immediately notify the commandant, by telegram or by 
radiogram, of her arrival, and shall forward to him copies of the 
orders under which the ship is acting, unless such orders are 
secret, in which case the commandant shall be informed of the 
fact. As soon as her probable date and hour of departure have 
been determined, the senior officer present shall immediately notify 
the commandant thereof. (Arts. I. 1311 and I. 534G.) 

Visits between 1273. 'Upon arrival in a foreign port where there are diplomatic 
K *V a <ii >iom C tic 01 consular officers of the United States the following rules in 
iiiMi co'nsiiiorof- regard to visits of ceremony shall be observed by officers of the 
fleers. Navy: 

A flag officer (a) A flag officer or commodore shall pay the first visit to a 
or commodore, diplomatic officer of or above the rank of charge d’affaires. He 
will receive the first visit from consular officers. 

<>fflcer >miUamll,1S (&) A commanding officer shall pay the first visit to a diplo¬ 
matic officer of or above the rank of charge d’affaires and to a 
consul general. He will receive the first visit from other con¬ 
sular officers. (R. 1117, par. 3.) 

Arrival in port ( c ) Diplomatic and consular officers in charge of legations or 

o »c announced. consu i a £ es shall be notified of the arrival of the ship in port. 

Boats for vis- ( d ) The senior officer present, when notified, shall, if necessary, 

hs. arrange to furnish a suitable boat to enable a diplomatic or 

consular officer to pay official visits afloat. A commanding officer 
shall, when notifying these officials of his arrival, offer them a 
passage to the ship at such time as they may select. 

J| si j ,s °f cour- 1274. Flag and commanding officers of the Navy shall, in for- 
officials. orelgn e'ign ports, pay such visits to foreign, civil, military, diplomatic, 
consular, and other officials as custom and courtesy may demand. 

Return visits 1275. Flag officers and commodores may expect a return visit 
cials. 0rei8 ’ n ° " in person from foreign governors and other high civil, military, 
and diplomatic officials. Other commanding officers may expect 
such return visits to be made by an aid-de-camp or other suitable 
officer designated for that purpose. 

visits of cere- 1270. In ports of the United States, whether within the con- 
officers of W the tinental limits, outlying territories, or in the insular possessions 
Navy and of the visits of ceremony between officers of the Navy and Army will 
Army. be governed by the rules laid down in articles It. 12G7, II. 12G8, and 

It. 1269 for such visits between officers of the Navy and those of 
friendly foreign ships of war. 

Between offl- 1277. The following rules shall be observed by officers of the 
and* governor^of Navy in regard to interchange of visits with the governors of 
United States United States insular possessions and outlying territories: 
insular posses- ( a ) When a naval vessel or group of vessels arrives at a port 
sions, e c. 0 f an island or group of islands or outlying possessions of the 
United States where there is a governor general or governor, 
holding a commission or appointment as such from the President 
of the United States, the commander in chief or senior command¬ 
ing officer of such vessel or group of vessels shall within twenty- 
four hours of arrival make the first visit upon such governor gen¬ 
eral or governor. 

(&) In case of the temporary absence of such governor gen¬ 
eral or governor from his post, the official duly acting in his stead 
shall receive the same courtesies. 


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(c) Should such governor general or governor find that from 
indisposition or pressure of important business he is unable to 
make or return the prescribed visits in person, he will depute 
his aid or some other official to do so. In like manner should a 
naval commander in chief or senior commanding officer find that 
from indisposition or pressing occupation he is unable to make 
the prescribed visits, he will depute an officer of his staff to do so. 
In each case the officer failing to make the prescribed visit in 
person will report the circumstances and state the reasons which 
led to the omission of the visit to the department under which 
he is acting. 

1278. Official visits shall be returned within twenty-four hours. 

1279. (1) The guard ship of the first division of a fleet or of 
the division of the senior officer present shall send an officer to 
board incoming men-of-war, except flagships and vessels attached 
to the fleet. Flagships shall be boarded by a line officer on the 
staff of the commander in chief or the senior flag officer present. 

(2) The guard ship of the first division or of the division of the 
senior flag officer present shall also send an officer or competent 
chief petty officer to board all merchant vessels or yachts flying 
American colors found in or arriving at foreign ports; also all 
vessels which are probably carrying mail for the fleet. If no flag 
officer be present, this boarding visit shall be made by the guard 
ship of the day. 

(3) The following summary of information in regard to mer¬ 
chant ships or yachts shall be obtained by boarding officers, and 
boarding books must conform thereto: 

(a) Name, nationality, and kind of vessel. 

(fr) Name of owner (if a yacht) and whether or not he is on 
board, the name of the master, and the number of crew. 

(c) Tonnage and cargo. 

(d) Place from, time out, and kind of passage. 

( e) Probable date of departure from port and port then bound 
for. 

(/) Any casualties, extraordinary events on the passage, gen¬ 
eral route taken; ships, fog, ice, etc., encountered. 

(g) General remarks. 

In case of a man-of-war substitute in b “ Name and rank of the 
commanding officer and, if a flagships, of the flag officer,” and 
omit c. 

In case of a merchant vessel the fact of her carrying mail, 
with the destination of such mail, shall be entered under “ Gen¬ 
eral remarks.” 

(4) The date and place at which the boarding visit was made 
shall be noted in every case and the signature and rank of the 
boarding officer appended. 

(5) Immediately after boarding a vessel the boarding officer 
shall report on board the flagship of the commander in chief or 
the slap of the senior officer present, and there enter in the 
boarding book a full record of the visit, and shall sign his name 
and rank to the same. 

Section 11.— Anniversaries, Solemnities, and Holidays. 

1286. (1) On the 22d of February and 4th of July every ship 
of the Navy in commission not under way shall full-dress ship at 
8 a. m. and remain so dressed until sunset; at noon saluting ships 


Retnrn visits. 
Boarding men- 
of-war. 


Boarding mer¬ 
chant vessels and 
yachts. 


Information to 
he obtained by 
boarding officers. 


Report of 
boarding oHicer. 


Observance of 
national anni¬ 
versaries of the 
United States. 


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Weather un¬ 
favorable. 


Memorial Day. 


Postponeine nt 
over Sunday. 


Notification of 
intended cele¬ 
bration to he 
siren to foreign 
authorities pres¬ 
ent. 


Particip a 11 o n 
by ships of the 
Navy in celebra¬ 
tions of foreign 
national anni¬ 
versaries. 


National holi¬ 
days. 


shall fire a national salute. At sea the same salute shall be fired 
with the ensign at the peak. At naval stations the ensign shall 
be displayed from 8 a. m. to sunset, and at noon a national salute 
shall be fired. (Art. R. 1237.) 

(2) If, in the opinion of the senior officer present, the weather 
is so bad as to make “full-dressing” inadvisable, “dressing” 
may be substituted, and, if necessary, these flags may be hauled 
down after being hoisted. 

(3) Memorial Day, May 30, shall be observed by the suspension 
of all unnecessary work, drills, and exercises; at noon a salute 
of twenty-one minute guns shall be fired by all saluting vessels 
in commission and naval stations, during which the ensign shall 
be at half-mast. Detachments from vessels in United States 
ports and naval stations shall, in the discretion of the senior 
officer present, take part in memorial parades in the immediate 
vicinity, if requested by competent authority, if it can he done 
without land transportation or other expense to the Government. 

(4) When the 22d of February, 30th of May, or 4th of July 
occurs on Sunday, all special ceremonies shall be postponed until 
the following day. 

1287. Upon the celebration of a national anniversary of the 
United States, or upon observing any national solemnity, in a 
foreign port or in presence of a foreign ship or ships of war, due 
notice of the time and manner of conducting the celebration or 
solemnity shall be given by the senior officer to the port authori¬ 
ties and to the senior officer of the foreign ship or ships of each 
nationality present. Should any foreign authorities or ships par¬ 
ticipate in any such celebration or solemnity by firing salutes or 
otherwise, an officer shall be sent, upon its completion, to return 
thanks for the courtesy. 

1288. Upon the occasion of the celebration of their national 
anniversaries by the authorities of ships of war of a friendly for¬ 
eign nation in foreign or domestic ports, ships of the Navy present 
shall, on official intimation being received by the senior officer, 
“ full-dress ” or “ dress ” ship, with the foreign national ensign 
at the main, and fire such salutes as are fired by the foreign au¬ 
thorities or ships, not, however, to exceed twenty-one guns, unless 
the senior officer present deems it necessary to fire a larger num¬ 
ber in order to participate properly in the celebration or solem¬ 
nity, to show proper courtesy to the nation complimented, or to 
avoid giving offense. Under similar circumstances ships of the 
Navy shall participate in the observance of national solemnities 
of foreign states. Upon all such occasions efforts shall be made 
to accord, so far as possible, with the foreign authorities in the 
time and manner of conducting the ceremonies. (Art. R. 1237.) 

1289. (1) The 1st of January, the 22d of February, the 30th 
of May, the 4th of July, the first Monday in September, the 25th 
of December, and such other days as may be designated by the 
President (including the day for National Thanksgiving) shall 
be regarded as holidays on board ships of the Navy and at naval 
stations. Of these, only the 22d of February and the 4th of July 
shall be observed ceremoniously. 

(2) Whenever any of the above-designated dates falls on Sun¬ 
day, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. 


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Section 12.—Funeral Ceremonies. 

1290. (1) Upon the receipt of official intelligence of the death On the death 
of the President of the United States, the senior officer shall direct of the President, 
that on the following day the ensign and union jack be displayed 
at half-mast from sunrise to sunset, and guns fired every half hour, 
from all ships present. Similar orders shall be given at naval 
stations. 

(2) Upon the receipt of official intelligence of the death of the On the death 
Vice President of the United States, the Secretary or the Assistant the vice rres- 
Secretary of the Navy, the senior officer shall direct that on the tary ’ or ° Assist¬ 
following day the ensign and union jack be displayed at half-mast ant Secretary of 
from 8 a. m. to sunset and minute guns "fired at noon by all salut- the Nav J'* 

ing ships present, the number of guns, to be the same as that con¬ 
tained in the respective salutes to the above-named officials. 

Similar orders shall be given at all naval stations. 

(3) A civil official who was entitled to a salute is entitled to . ? 1 eat 5, , 0 / a 
minute guns at his funeral. Whenever a naval station or a ship cml offic a * 

of the Navy joins in the funeral honors of a civil official of the 
Government, other than as prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, 
the ensign and union jack shall be displayed at half-mast from 8 
a. m. to sunset, and minute guns, not exceeding in number his 
official salute, shall be fired by the naval station and one of the 
saluting ships present, when the funeral cortege moves, if at the 
port where the funeral occurs; otherwise, at noon. 

'1297. On the death of an officer in the Navy the following cere- Death of naval 
monies shall be observed: officer. 

(a) If the deceased was at the time of his death a flag officer A flag’officer, 
in command afloat or on shore, his flag or broad pennant shall be 
displayed at half-mast until supset of the day of the funeral or 

of the removal of the body; the ensign and union jack of all ships 
present and at naval stations in sight shall be displayed at half- 
mast between 8 a. m. and sunset during the same period, unless at 
sea. During the transfer of the body to the place of interment, or, 
if at sea, during the funeral, minute guns shall be fired, not exceed¬ 
ing in number the salute. At sunset on the day of the funeral or 
of the transfer of the body of the deceased from the flagship or 
scene of command, his flag or broad pennant shall be rounded up 
with the ensign and hauled down. 

( b ) If the deceased was the commanding officer of a ship, his Commanding 
pennant shall be displayed at half-mast until sunset of the day of 0 C! ‘ r 01 51 8 up ‘ 
the funeral or removal of the body from the ship; the ensign and 

union jack of all ships present and at naval stations in sight shall 
be displayed at half-mast from the beginning of the funeral service 
until sunset of that day, unless at sea. During the transfer of the 
body to the place of interment, or, if at sea, during the funeral, 
minute guns shall be fired, not exceeding seven in number. At 
sunset on the day of the funeral or transfer of the body from the 
ship, the pennant shall be rounded up with the ensign and retained 
at the masthead as the insignia of command of the deceased 
officer’s successor. 

(e) If the deceased officer was a commissioned officer of the A commissioned 
Navy or Marine Corps, other than those mentioned in paragraphs 
a and b of this article, the ensign and union jack of all ships pres¬ 
ent and at naval stations in sight shall be displayed at half-mast 
during the funeral service and until the return of the escort, or 
for an hour after the transfer of the body from the ship should 
the escort have returned within such period. 


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A midshipman, 
warrant officer, 
clerk, or mate. 


An enlisted 
man. 


Minute guns 
fired by Army 
posts. 


Burial at sea. 


Volleys to be 
fired by the es¬ 
cort. 


Funerhl e s 
corts. 


(cl) If tlie deceased was a midshipman, warrant oificer, clerk, 
or mate, the ensign and union .jack of all ships present and at 
naval stations in sight shall be displayed at half-mast during the 
funeral service and the transfer of the body from the ship and 
for one hour afterwards. 

1298. On the death of any petty officer or person of inferior 
rating, the ensign and union jack of all ships present and at naval 
stations in sight shall be displayed at half-mast during the funeral 
service and the transfer of the body to the shore. 

1299. On the occasion of the funeral of a flag officer or com¬ 
modore near a garrisoned fort of the United States, the command¬ 
ing officer thereof shall be duly notified of the time of the funeral, 
and minute guns, not exceeding in number the officer’s salute, 
may be expected to be fired from the fort when the cortege moves 
after landing. 

1300. When at sea the ship shall always be hove to and the 
ensign displayed at half-mast during any funeral service and 
while committing the body to the deep. Any further display of 
the ensign at half-mast while at sea shall be regulated according 
to circumstances by the senior officer present. 

1301. (1) An escort under arms shall accompany the funeral 
cortege of any officer or enlisted man to the place of interment, 
and.after the funeral service fire three volleys of musketry over 
the body. In foreign ports, when permission can not be obtained 
to land an armed escort, the volleys should be fired over the body 
after it has been lowered into the boat alongside; at sea, after 
committing the body to the deep. 

(2) When the funeral ceremonies of an officer or official take 
place at, or in the immediate vicinity of, a naval station, or in a 
port where a naval force is lying, or where the remains are con¬ 
veyed through such place en route to the place of burial, the 
strength of the escort shall be as indicated below, so far as the 
naval force available can furnish it. When the funeral cere¬ 
monies occur in the city of Washington, or at any other place than 
those herein provided for, the escort will be as ordered by the 
Navy Department. 

(a) Secretary of the Navy or Admiral of the Navy: Three 
battalions of Infantry of four companies each and two battalions 
of Artillery of two batteries each, each battery to consist of two 
platoons. 

(b) Admiral: Three battalions of Infantry of four companies 
each and one battalion of Artillery of two batteries, each battery 
to consist of two platoons. 

(c) Assistant Secretary of the Navy or Vice Admiral: Two 
battalions of Infantry of four companies each and one battalion 
of Artillery of two batteries, each battery to consist of two 
platoons. 

(d) Rear Admiral: Two battalions of Infantry of four com¬ 
panies each and one battery of Artillery of two platoons. 

(e) Commodore: Two battalions of Infantry of four companies 
each and one platoon of Artillery. 

(/) Captain: Eight companies of Infantry. 

(g) Commander: Six companies of Infantry. 

(h) Lieutenant commander: Four companies of Infantry. 

(i) Lieutenant: Two companies of Infantry. 

( j ) Lieutenant (junior grade), ensign, or chief warrant officer: 
One company of Infantry. 

(k) Midshipman, warrant officer, paymaster’s clerk, or mate: 
One section of Infantry. 


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(/) Chief petty officer: Sixteen men, commanded by a chief 
petty officer. 

(m) First, second, or third class petty officer: Twelve men, 
commanded by a petty officer of the same class as the deceased. 

(n) All other enlisted men: Eight men, commanded by a third- 
class petty officer. 

(3) The funeral escort for officers and men of the Marine 
Corps shall be the same as given above for the corresponding 
rank. 

(4) When there is not a sufficient force available to form the 
funeral escort as designated in paragraph 2 of this article, such 
escort shall be composed of as many men as practicable, up to 
the limits indicated. 

(5) There shall be six pallbearers, who shall be selected from 
the same rank as the deceased if practicable. 

(G) The funeral escort shall be commanded by an officer of the 
same rank as the deceased if practicable; if no officer of that 
grade be available, then an officer of the highest practicable rank 
in a lower grade will be selected for this duty. 

(7) The formation for funeral ceremonies shall be that pre¬ 
scribed in the “ Landing Force and Small Arms Instructions, 
U. S. Navy.” 

1302. Funeral honors shall not be paid between sunset and 
sunrise. When it is necessary to bury the dead at night, such 
funeral services as are practicable shall take place. 

1303. When a death occurs in a foreign port among the officers 
or crew of a ship of the Navy, the senior officer shall arrange 
with the local authorities, through the consul, if there be one, 
otherwise directly, for the interment of the body; and shall also 
obtain permission for an armed escort to land. If the deceased 
was a commissioned officer, notice shall be sent to the senior for¬ 
eign naval officials present and the proper local officials of the 
time and place of the funeral. 

1304. The pallbearers shall march at the side of the hearse or 
pall, the junior to the left and leading, the next junior to the 
right and leading, and so on. If a sufficient number of foreign 
officers of suitable rank attend the funeral, they may be invited 
to serve as additional pallbearers; they will occupy the same rela¬ 
tive positions, but outside of the first mentioned. Eight men 
shall be selected to serve as body bearers and shall march imme¬ 
diately behind the body. 

1305. If the deceased was a flag officer or captain of a ship, 
his flag or pennant shall be draped in mourning and displayed at 
half-mast in the bow of the boat carrying the body. The flag or 
pennant shall also be carried immediately in advance of the body 
in the funeral cortege to the grave, but not on the return from 
the grave. 

1300. (1) A funeral procession of boats shall move from the 
ship to the shore in the following order: 

Band. 

Escort. 

Clergy. 

Body and body bearers. 

Pallbearers. 

Mourners from ship of deceased in inverse order. 

Mourners from other ships in inverse order, junior ships leading. 

Mourners from foreign ships in inverse order, junior ships 
leading. 


Burial at 
night. 


Funeral in a 
foreign port. 


Pallbearers. 


Body hearers. 


Flag or pen¬ 
nant of the de¬ 
ceased. 


Funeral pro¬ 
cession of boats. 


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Fuueral pro* 
cession on shore. 


Details of fu¬ 
nerals. 


Moving of pro¬ 
cession. 


Death of an 
officer when not 
on sea duty. 

Death of a 
general officer 
of the Array or 
Marine Corps. 


Volleys. 
Deatii of a 
diplomatic or 
consular officer. 


Funeral of a 
foreign official. 


(2) Boats may be formed in more than one column if necessary. 

1307. A funeral procession on shore shall he formed as follows: 

Band. 

Escort. 

Clergy. 

Body and pallbearers. 

Body bearers. 

Mourners in inverse order of rank: 

( a ) Enlisted men. 

{b) Officers from ship of deceased. 

(c) Other officers. 

((Z) Foreign officers. 

Distinguished persons. 

Delegations. 

Societies. 

Citizens. 

1308. Officers and pallbearers shall wear the mourning badge 
on the left arm and sword hilt. The escort only shall be under 
arms. The ensigns of all boats shall be displayed in the same 
manner as the ensigns of their respective ships. The distinctive 
mark of command, except that of the deceased, shall not be dis¬ 
played at half-mast from ships or boats. Whatever the grade 
or rate, the coffin shall be covered with the national flag, and in 
the case of an officer the chapeau or cap, epaulets, and the side 
arms of the deceased placed thereon. The national colors carried 
by a funeral escort shall not be draped except when ordered by 
the Navy Department for an occasion of national mourning. 

1300. (1) On the march to the place of interment the proces¬ 
sion shall move in common time; the music shall play a dirge; 
the ensign and the ship’s battalion color, the latter draped in 
mourning, shall be carried in the center of the escort; and the 
drums shall be draped in mourning and muffled. 

(2) In returning from the place of interment the column shall 
move in quick time, and the mourners march in order of rams. 
When clear of the cemetery, the mourning and muffling shall be 
removed from the battalion color and the drums and the music 
shall play a march. 

1310. An officer whose death occurs on shore shall receive the 
same honors as if it had occurred while on duty at sea. 

1311. (1) On receiving official intelligence of the funeral of a 
general officer of the Army or Marine Corps at a port where 
there is a naval station or in which one' or more ships of the 
Navy may be present, the ensigns and union jacks shall be half- 
masted during the funeral service and until the return of the 
escort; and minute guns, not exceeding in number the officer’s 
salute, shall be fired from the naval station and by one of the 
saluting ships when the funeral cortege moves. 

(2) Volleys shall be fired for naval or military persons only. 

1312. On the death in a foreign port of a diplomatic or con¬ 
sular officer of the United States the senior naval officer present 
shall, with the permission of the local authorities, land an armed 
escort, direct the attendance of officers and others, and make 
such other funeral arrangements as seem proper and circum¬ 
stances permit. 

1313. When the senior officer present receives official notice of 
the funeral of a foreign official he shall detail such officers to 
attend the funeral, direct such visits of condolence to be made, and 
make such other dispositions as circumstances warrant or permit 
and international courtesy demands. 


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Section 13.— Naval Militia. 

1321. When vessels of the Navy meet or are in company with y^cls of Na- 
commissioned vessels of the Naval Militia in service as a part of val Mllitla * 
the Navy of the United States, all honors and ceremonies shall be 
exchanged with them in the same manner as if they were vessels 
of the Regular Navy. 


CHAPTER 13. 


NAVAL ADMINISTRATION AND DISCIPLINE. 

j 

Section 1.—The Exercise of Authority. 

1401. All persons in the Navy are required to obey readily and Duty of sub- 
strictly and to execute promptly the lawful orders of their ordinates, 
superiors. 

1402. Superiors of every grade are forbidden to injure those Exercise of au- 
under their command by tyrannical or capricious conduct, or by tkority. 
abusive language. Authority over subordinates is to be exercised 

with firmness, but with justice and kindness. 

1403. Punishment shall be in strict conformity with the laws Punishments, 
for the government of the Navy. 

1404. (1) In order to avoid unnecessary recourse to courts of inquiry into 
inquiry and general courts-martial, it is directed that where an complaints of 
officer or other person shall be reported for grave misconduct to m scon< nct * 
his immediate commanding officer, the latter shall institute a 

careful inquiry into the circumstances on which the complaint is 
founded. He shall call upon the complainant for a written state¬ 
ment of the case, together with a list of his witnesses, mentioning 
where they may be found, and a memorandum of any documentary 
evidence bearing upon the case which may be obtainable. 

(2) He shall also call upon the accused for such counter state¬ 
ment or explanation as he may wish to make, and for a list of the 
persons he desires to have questioned in his behalf. If the ac¬ 
cused does not desire to submit a statement he shall set forth that 
fact in writing. 

(3) In the infliction of punishment upon enlisted men for lesser Minor offenses, 
offenses, commanding officers of vessels and marine barracks 

should in ordinary cases resort to the authority conferred upon 
them by the provisions of article 24 of the Articles for the Gov¬ 
ernment of the Navy (Art. R. 24), instead of convening summary 
courts-martial or deck courts for the trial thereof. The certainty 
of prompt punishment is more conducive to discipline than punish¬ 
ment deferred long after the offense. 

1405. Officers making reports or complaints shall confine them- Reports, com- 
selves exclusively to facts; and statements submitted in reply to hc i,‘^temperate 
or in explanation thereof must be couched in temperate language language. 

and relate specifically to the matters referred to therein. Officers 
to whom such reports or complaints are submitted for statement 
must not reply by making counter charges. Officers desiring to 
prefer charges against others should make them independently. 

Opinions must not be expressed nor the motives of others im¬ 
pugned. 

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Comma n d 1 u g 
officer to take 
action upon re¬ 
ports not neces¬ 
sary to refer to 
higher authority. 

Cases requir¬ 
ing trial. 


Further pro* 
ceedings. 


Officer fur¬ 
nished with copy 
of accusation. 

Temporary re¬ 
lease no bar to 
future trial or 
investigation. 


Charges not to 
be held back to 
accumulate. 


1406. If, after the investigation of a report against an officer or 
other person in the Navy, the commanding officer shall not deem 
the offense one requiring the action either of a court of inquiry or 
court-martial, he shall himself take such action as he may think 
necessary, within the limits of punishment allowed him by law. 

1407. (1) If upon such investigation the commanding officer 
shall be satisfied that the charge is such as to call for judicial 
action, he may place the accused under suspension or in confine¬ 
ment, as the case may require, neither of which, however, shall 
be considered as a punishment. 

(2) He shall transmit to the Secretary of the Navy, through 
the Bureau of Navigation, or, in the case of officers or enlisted 
men of the Marine Corps, through the commandant of the Marine 
Corps, or to the commander in chief of the fleet, or to the com¬ 
mandant of a naval station abroad, as the case may require, a 
letter reporting fully and accurately in detail and in the order of 
their occurrence, the circumstances on which the charge, or 
charges, may be founded, and when words constitute the sub¬ 
stance of the offense, those used are to be set out as fully and 
exactly as possible in the letter. The letter is not in any way to 
refer to accompanying reports for the circumstances constituting 
the offense, but is in itself to be so circumstantial as to afford 
a full account of the real nature and extent of the offense charged 
and to the allegations of which the offender would be held to 
confess should he plead guilty. (Arts. R. 712 and R. 713.) 

1408. (1) Should the Secretary of the Navy, commander in 
chief, or commandant of a naval station abroad decide that no 
trial is to take place, the accused shall be at once released and 
restored to duty. But if it be decided that the accused shall 
be brought to trial, the court shall be assembled for that purpose 
as soon as the nature of the case and the interests of the public 
service will allow, unless meanwhile such information or expla¬ 
nation shall reach the convening authority as to make it advisable 
to withdraw the charges and restore the accused to duty. 

(2) When a trial has been decided upon the accused shall, as 
soon as practicable, be furnished with a copy of the charges and 
specifications and at the same time be placed formally under 
arrest for trial. 

(3) When the trial of an enlisted man by general court-martial 
is ordered, the judge advocate shall be furnished with all infor¬ 
mation available and necessary to the prosecution of the case. 

1400. Whenever an accusation is made against an officer, either 
by report or by indorsement upon a communication, a copy of such 
report or indorsement shall be furnished him at the time. 

1410. The commanding officer of a ship or other competent 
authority may release temporarily and put on duty an officer 
under suspension or arrest, should an emergency of the service or 
other sufficient cause make such measure necessary. The order for 
temporary release shall be in writing and shall assign the reasons. 
Should the officer be under charges, they need not be withdrawn; 
and such temporary release and restoration to duty shall not be 
a bar to any subsequent investigation or trial of the case that 
the convening authority may think proper to order, nor to the 
investigation of any complaint the accused may make in regard 
to the suspension or arrest. 

1411. Offenses shall not be allowed to accumulate in order that 
sufficient matter may thus he collectively obtained for a trial, with¬ 
out giving due notice to the offender. 


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1412. (1) In the event of a riot or quarrel between persons Officers to sup¬ 
belonging to the Navy, it shall be the duty of the senior line !>ress < * uarreIs * 

officer present to suppress the disturbance, and, if necessary, to 

arrest those engaged in it, even though they be his superiors in 

rank; and all persons belonging to the Navy who may be present 
shall render prompt assistance and obedience to the officer thus 
engaged in the restoration of order. 

(2) Should there be no line officer present, the senior officer 
of the Navy or of the Marine Corps who may be present shall 
exercise the same authority and be entitled to the same obedience. 


Section 2.—Arrest or Suspension. 


1416. The placing of an officer or enlisted man under arrest to 
await trial by court-martial is to insure his presence at the trial 
and to give him a reasonable opportunity to prepare his defense. 
In general, the accused shall not be placed under arrest until just 
prior to the trial, except when it may be advisable as a precaution 
against his escape or to enable him to prepare his defense, or 
when, owing to the nature of the offense and the character or con¬ 
dition of the accused, his confinement is necessary in the interests 
of good order and discipline. In all cases of confinement it shall 
be no more rigorous than the circumstances require. 

1417. (1) An officer, when placed under arrest either as a pun¬ 
ishment or to await further disciplinary action, shall deliver up 
his sword, through the arresting officer, to the commanding officer 
of the ship, commander in chief of the fleet or squadron, or com¬ 
mandant of the station. 

(2) He shall confine himself to the limits assigned him at the 
time of his arrest or afterwards, under pain of dismissal from the 
service. 

(3) He shall not visit his commanding or other superior officer 
officially unless sent for; but in case of business requiring atten¬ 
tion, he shall make it known in writing. 

(4) He may be restored temporarily to duty by his commanding 
officer when conditions warrant it, but such action shall not be 
construed as a bar to any disciplinary action pending. 

1418. An officer suspended from duty shall confine himself to 
the limits assigned him at the time of his suspension or after¬ 
wards, and his failure to do so shall be regarded as a breach of 
arrest. 

1410. An officer placed under arrest or suspension on board ship 
shall not be confined to his room or restrained from the proper 
use of any part of the ship to which before his arrest or suspension 
he had a right, except the quarter-deck, poop, and bridges, unless 
such confinement or restraint shall be necessary for the safety of 
the ship or of the officer or for the preservation of good order and 
discipline; but such confinement shall not be imposed for a longer 
time than absolutely necessary. Similarly, at a naval station or 
other place on shore, the confinement or restraint imposed shall 
not be unduly rigorous. 

1420. (1) Whenever a commanding officer, commandant, or 
other senior officer orders an officer of the Pay Corps under sus¬ 
pension or arrest, he shall take possession of the safe and of the 
keys of the storerooms under the charge of such officer, and shall 
immediately cause a seal to be placed on the safe in the presence 
of the officer suspended. The senior officer present shall imme¬ 
diately thereupon direct a board, consisting of at least three offi¬ 
cers, to take an inventory of the money, papers, clothing, pro- 


Purposc and 
time of arrest. 


Surrender of 
sword. 


Limits of ar¬ 
rest. 


Temporary res¬ 
toration to duty. 


Suspension. 


Confinement or 
restraint. 


Arrest or sus¬ 
pension of an 
officer of the Pay 
Corps. 


Restoration of 
an officer of the 
Pay Corps to 
duty. 


When inven¬ 
tory can not be 
taken. 


Accounts in 
cases of tem¬ 
porary suspen¬ 
sion. 


Books and 
vouchers of offi¬ 
cer of the Pay 
Corps in arrest. 


Officers in ar¬ 
rest can not in¬ 
sist on being 
tried. 


Restraint o f 
prisoners to be 
tried. 


Treatment of 
prisoners. 


Release of 
prisoners. 


visions, and small stores in charge of such officer; shall take such 
steps in regard to other stores under the charge of the officer 
concerned as may he practicable for the purpose of safeguarding 
the interests of the Government, of the officer relieved, and of such 
officer as may be then or later ordered to take charge thereof, 
without unduly interfering with the progress of work, and shall 
appoint a suitable person to take immediate charge thereof, who 
shall be present at such inventory. 

(2) Should the officer of the Pay Corps concerned be released 
from suspension or arrest and restored to duty, the senior officer 
present shall, in the same manner and under the same conditions 
as stated above, cause a second inventory of the money, papers, 
clothing, provisions, and small stores to be taken, and the officer 
restored to duty shall be held responsible only for the money and 
stores then on hand, as thus ascertained. The officer in question 
and the person appointed to take charge shall both be present 
when the above inventories are taken, and they shall each be 
furnished with copies of the same. 

(3) Whenever in either of the above cases the senior officer 
present deems it impracticable to have an inventory taken of the 
stores, he shall furnish the officers concerned with a certificate 
to that effect. 

(4) If the officer restored to duty after temporary suspension is 
satisfied with the vouchers for expenditures of all kinds furnished 
by the officer who has acted in his stead, he shall state the fact 
in writing, which will relieve the officer who has so acted from . 
rendering accounts to the Auditor for the Navy Department and 
to the Navy Department. 

(5) Before an officer of the Pay Corps under suspension or 
arrest is taken permanently from the ship or station to which 
he has been attached he shall be allowed a reasonable time in 
which to close his books and complete his vouchers; and no books 
or vouchers necessary to the perfect settlement of his accounts 
shall under any circumstances be taken from his personal charge 
unless absolutely necessary for the public interest, in which case 
a detailed receipt for the same shall be furnished him by the per¬ 
son appointed to take charge of, or to relieve him from, his duties. 

1421. No officer can demand a court-martial on himself, or on 
any other person, or persist in considering himself under the re¬ 
straint of arrest after he has been released by proper authority, 
or refuse to return to duty. 

Section 3.— Punishments. 

1420. When any enlisted person is confined for a longer time 
than ten days to await trial by court-martial, the commanding 
officer shall keep in view the fact that his confinement is pro¬ 
tracted simply to insure the appearance of the prisoner before the 
court by which he is to be tried. He should not, therefore, he 
subjected to greater rigor than is necessary to effect that object. 

1427. (1) The commanding officer shall assure himself that 
persons in confinement suffer no cruel or unusual treatment at the 
hands of his subordinates. 

(2) He shall direct the release - of every person upon the ex¬ 
piration of the term of confinement. 


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1428. (1) All reports of misconduct shall be investigated by 
the commanding officer before punishment is adjudged. After 
morning inspection he shall be furnished by the executive officer 
with a list of persons reported for offenses during the preceding 
day. After inquiring into the facts in each case at the mast, giv¬ 
ing to both accuser and accused an impartial hearing, he shall 
assign a punishment, when necessary, and affix his signature in 
the report book. 

(2) The investigation of a report, except where summary action 
is deemed necessary, shall be deferred until the morning following 
the day on which the report is made; but longer delay shall be 
avoided. 

1429. Extra duty as punishment shall be discontinued on Sun¬ 
day. 

1480. Cells for the confinement of prisoners shall not be less 
than six feet long and three and one-half feet broad, with the full 
height between decks, and shall be properly ventilated. They 
shall not be altered without the authority of the Navy Depart¬ 
ment. 

1481. (1) Prisoners shall not be confined in any other spaces 
than those which have been designated by the Navy Department 
as prisons or spaces proper to be used as such. In case of neces¬ 
sity, extra spaces may be authorized by a commander in chief on 
a foreign station, by a senior officer present, or by the command¬ 
ing officer of a ship acting singly, and the medical officer of.the 
ship shall be called upon to report whether such spaces are fit 
for prison use. 

(2) Intoxicated men shall not be confined in any place or man¬ 
ner that may be dangerous to them in their condition. 

1432. No officer shali assist personally in the arrest of a 
drunken man further than may be absolutely necessary, but the 
arrest shall always be made by persons not above the grade of 
petty officer, who are to be instructed to use no greater force than 
that required to restrain or confine the offender. 

1433. Entries in the log regarding punishments shall include 
the name, rank, or rating of the offender, the date and nature of 
the offense, and the kind and degree of punishment. The date of 
every suspension, arrest, confinement, and restoration to duty 
shali also be entered upon the log book. (A. G. N., art. 24; 
art. R. 24.) 

1434. An admonition or caution in the ordinary course of duty 
shall not be considered as a reprimand in the sense of punish¬ 
ment. 

Section 4.—Redress of Wrongs. 


Inyestiga t i o n 
of reports. 


Investiga 11 o n 
to be delayed. 


Punish meats 
on Sunday. 

Dimensions of 
ship’s prisons. 


Prisons and 
other spaces 
used for con¬ 
finement. 


Confinement of 
intoxicated men. 

Personal 1 n - 
terference I n 
the arrest of 
drunken men. 


Punish ments 
to be entered In 
log book. 


Admo nitio n 
in course of 
duty. 


1441. If any person in the Navy considers himself oppressed Oppression by 
by his superior, or observes in him any misconduct, he shall not or misconduct of 
fail in his respectful bearing toward him, but shall represent super or ‘ 
such oppression or misconduct to the proper authority. He will 

be held accountable if his representations are found to be vexa¬ 
tious, frivolous, or false. 

1442. Any application for redress of wrong shall be made in Application for 
writing through the immediate commanding officer to the com- redress * 
mander in chief of the fleet or squadron, or to the senior officer 

present, and it shall be the duty of the latter to take such action 
in the matter as, in his judgment, justice and the good of the 
service demand. 


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Report of 1448. If, in tne opinion of the commander in chief or senior 
r°ngs. officer present, a trial by court-martial is necessary, he shall 

either submit a succinct report of the case, together with all cor¬ 
respondence relating thereto, to the Secretary of the Navy, or 
shall himself at once prefer charges against the offender and con¬ 
vene a court-martial for his trial, as the case may seem to require. 


CHAPTER 14. 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS IN GENERAL. 
(Naval Instructions, chap. 5.) 


Obserrance of 
the regulations 
and all orders. 


Inquiries as to 
interpretation. 


Relations with 
foreign States. 


Naval harbors 
closed to for¬ 
eign vessels. 


1501. (1) Every officer of the Navy and Marine Corps shall 
make himself acquainted with, observe, obey, and, so far as his 
authority extends, enforce the laws and regulations for the gov¬ 
ernment of the Navy and the provisions of all orders and cir¬ 
culars emanating from the Navy Department. In the absence of 
instructions officers will conform to the usages and customs of 
the naval service. 

(2) Officers of all grades must carefully examine the regula¬ 
tions governing commander in chief, flag officers not' in chief 
command, senior officers present, and commanding officers, under 
which frequent reference is made to the duty of subordinate 
officers. 

(3) Any officer who may be required to take official action 
under any regulation of the department, or any law governing 
or referring thereto, who may desire instructions or explanations 
as to the force, meaning, or effect of such law or regulation, shall 
address his communication of inquiry through the proper official 
channel to the Secretary of the Navy. 

1502. All officers in their relations with foreign States, and 
with the Government, or agents thereof, shall observe and obey the 
law of nations. 

1503. (1) It has been ordered that the following-named har¬ 
bors : 

Tortugas, Florida; 

Great Harbor, Culebra; 

Guantanamo Naval Station, Cuba; 

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; 

Guam; 

Subig Bay, Philippine Islands; 

Kiska, Aleutian Islands; 

are not, and that they shall not be made subports of entry for 
foreign vessels of commerce, and that said harbors shall not be 
visited by any commercial or privately owned vessel of foreign 
registry; nor by any foreign national vessel, except by special 
authority of the United States Navy Department in each case. 
(Executive Order, Sept. 23, 1912.) 

(2) Foreign Governments have been notified that permission 
must be obtained from the Secretary of the Navy through their 
respective diplomatic representatives at Washington before their 
men-of-war or other public vessels may enter the actual limits of 
a navy yard or naval station of the United States. 




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(3) For the proper control, protection, and defense of the naval 
station, harbor, and entrance channel at Pearl Harbor, Territory 
of Hawaii, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, empowered, 
and directed to adopt and prescribe suitable rules and regulations 
governing the navigation, movement, and anchorage' of vessels of 
whatsoever character in the waters of Pearl Harbor, Island of 
Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, and in the entrance channel to said 
harbor, and to take all necessary measures for the proper en¬ 
forcement of such rules and regulations. (Executive Order, Sept. 

23, 1912; see also R. 4091.) 

1504. (1) Whoever having knowledge of the actual commission Report of 
of the crime of murder or other felony cognizable by the courts kn °wiedge of 
of the United States, conceals, and does not as soon as may be cr rae ’ rau ,e c ’ 
disclose and make known the same to some one of the judges 

or other persons in civil or military authority under the United 
States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or im¬ 
prisoned not more than three years, or both. (Sec. 146, act of 
Mar. 4, 1909.) 

(2) If any person under the Navy Department has knowledge 
of any fraud, collusion, or improper conduct on the part of any 
purchasing or other agent or contractor, or on the part of any 
person employed in superintending repairs, receiving or receipting 
for supplies, or has knowledge of any fraud, collusion, or im¬ 
proper conduct in any matters connected with the naval service 
he shall report the same immediately, in writing over his proper 
signature, to his immediate superior, specifying the particular 
act or acts of misconduct, fraud, neglect, or collusion, and the 
means of proving the same. 

(3) Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, or other person 
holding any office or employment under the Government of the 
United States and, being charged with the duty of keeping ac¬ 
counts or records of any kind, shall, with intent to deceive, mis¬ 
lead, injure, or defraud the United States or any person, make in 
any such account or record any false or fictitious entry or record 
of any matter relating to or connected with his duties, or who¬ 
ever with like intent shall aid or abet any such officer, clerk, 
agent, or other person in so doing; or whoever, being an officer, 
clerk, agent, or other person holding any office or employment 
under the Government of the United States and, being charged 
with the duty of receiving, holding, or paying over moneys or 
securities to, for, or on behalf of, the United States, or of receiving 
or holding in trust for any person any moneys or securities, shall 
with like intent, make a false report of such moneys or securi¬ 
ties, or whoever with like intent shall aid or abet any such officer, 
clerk, agent, or other person in so doing, shall be fined not more 
than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, 
or both. (Act approved Mar. 4, 1911.) 

1505. (1) In case of robbery or of the discovery of loss or Robbery, etc. 
deficiency of money or other public property in the custody of 

any .person in the United States naval service the person respon¬ 
sible for its custody shall immediately report the occurrence, and 
the senior officer present shall order a court of inquiry, if author¬ 
ized by law to order such courts, or, if not so authorized, a board 
of investigation in accordance with the provisions of article R. 316, 
to investigate the case and to report fully all the circumstances 
connected therewith, and to fix the responsibility therefor, the 
report of which court or board shall be forwarded to the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy, as provided by regulations, together with a 
statement of opinion and recommendation from the senior officer 


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Offenses com¬ 
mitted on shore 
to be reported. 

Kesponsibllity 
for expenditure 
o f money o r 
stores. 


Public trans¬ 
portation o f 
stores. 


Loans of pub¬ 
lic property. 


Incurring 

debts. 


present. Unless the senior officer present shall deem it necessary, 
however, the provisions of this paragraph need not be construed to 
apply to missing property other than money which may be prop¬ 
erly accounted for by survey under the provisions of articles I. 
4731 and I. 4733. 

(2) In the case of the discovery of an excess of money or other 
public property in the custody of any person in the United States 
naval service, the person responsible for its custody shall imme¬ 
diately report the occurrence, and the senior officer present shall 
take such action in the case as may be necessary, either by con¬ 
vening a court of inquiry, if authorized by law so to do, by con¬ 
vening a board of investigation, or by ordering a board of survey. 

(3) If any person other than the one having the custody of the 
said public money or property has knowledge of such robbery or 
discovers such theft, loss, deficiency, or excess, he shall report the 
same without delay to his immediate superior officer, who shall 
at once take such action as may be necessary to bring the matter 
to the attention of the official whose duty it is, under the preceding 
paragraphs of this article, to investigate the same. In any case, 
where the facts of the occurrence are such as to bring it within 
the provisions of article R. 1504, the person having knowledge or 
making discovery of the facts shall immediately make report 
thereof direct to his commanding officer or to the senior officer 
present, without notifying his own immediate superior thereof. 
In any case in which report is made to an immediate superior 
under the provisions of this article, and in which the person 
making the report has reason to suspect that such immediate 
superior lias not complied with the provisions of this article by 
making the required reports to his commanding officer or senior 
officer present, such person making the report shall immediately 
notify the commanding officer or senior officer present of the facts 
direct and without further notification to the immediate superior 
concerned. 

1506. Officers shall report to their immediate superiors all 
offenses committed by persons belonging to the Navy or Marine 
Corps, while on shore, which may come under their observation. 

1507. (1) Officers shall avoid any unnecessary expenditure of 
public money or stores and, so far as may be in their power, pre¬ 
vent the same in others. Officers shall be held accountable for any 
wasteful or improper expenditure that they may direct, author¬ 
ize, or knowingly permit. 

(2) Public conveyance for the transportation of stores shall 
always be used when available. The supply officer of every ship 
having stores to be shipped shall make inquiry and keep himself 
informed as to the movements of any public vessel by which the 
stores may be transported. 

(3) Public property shall not be loaned to individuals or organi¬ 
zations outside the naval service unless the senior officer present 
shall deem such action advisable or proper, by reason of a public 
exigency, calamity, or ceremonious occasion. The foregoing pro¬ 
hibition applies to the loan of flags. The accountability of the 
responsible officer shall not be diminished by the provisions of 
this paragraph. 

1508. (1) Officers serving afloat shall before leaving port pay, 
or provide for paying, any debts that they may have incurred. No 
officer shall at any time or place contract debts without a reason¬ 
able expectation of being able to discharge them, 


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(2) It is enjoined upon all officers that failure to discharge 
their just indebtedness brings discredit not only upon themselves 
but upon the naval service. 

1509. (1) No enlisted person in the naval service shall, for profit Lending 
or benefit of any kind, loan money to any other person in said money* 
service, except by permission from his commanding officer; nor 
shall any such person take or receive for such loan, directly or 
indirectly, a greater sum of money, or any other thing or service 
of greater value, than the equivalent of the sum of money 
loaned without such permission. 

(2) No person in the naval service shall, without proper Engaging in 
authority, either for himself or as an agent, engage in trade or trade * 
introduce any article for purposes of trade on board any vessel 
of the Navy or at any navy yard, naval station, or marine 
barracks. 


1510. When gold, silver, or jewels shall be placed on board any 
ship for freight or safe-keeping, as provided by the Articles for the 
Government of the Navy, the commanding officer shall sign bills of 
lading for the amount and be responsible for the same. The usual 
percentage shall be demanded from the shippers, and its amount, 
shall be divided as follows: One-fourth to the commander in 
chief, one-half to the commanding officer of the ship, one-fourtli 
to the Navy pension fund. To entitle the commander in chief 
to receive any part of the amount, he must have signified to the 
commanding officer of the ship, in writing, his readiness to unite 
with him in the responsibility for the care of the treasure or 
other valuables. When a commander in chief does not partici¬ 
pate in a division, two-thirds shall inure to the commanding officer 
of the ship and the remainder to the pension fund. 

1511. No officer shall order into service or assign to duty any 
officer who may be on leave of absence or on furlough, or make 
any change in the distribution or arrangement of officers or 
enlisted men established by the Secretary of the Navy, except 
where required by the exigencies of the service on a foreign 
station, or as provided for in article I. 955; all such changes and 
the reasons therefor shall be reported to the Navy Department 
without delay by the officer ordering them. (Art. I. 5336, par. 2.) 

1512. Officers visiting a command in the performance of any 
official duty connected therewith shall report to the commanding 
officer. 

1513. (1) Orders issued by the Secretary or Assistant Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy direct to any commandant or other officer shall 
be promptly executed and the proper bureau or senior officer 
concerned immediately notified thereof. 

(2) If an officer receives an order from a superior annulling, 
suspending, or modifying one from another superior, or one 
contrary to instructions or orders from the Secretary of the Navy, 
he shall exhibit his orders, unless confidential and he has been 
forbidden to do so, and represent the facts in writing to the 
superior from whom the last order was received. If after such 
representation, the latter shall insist upon the execution of his 
order, it shall be obeyed, and the officer receiving and executing 
it shall report the circumstances to the superior from whom he 
received the original order. 

1514. An officer who diverts another from any service upon 
which the latter has been ordered by a common superior, or 
requires him to act contrary to the orders of such superior, or 
interferes with those under such superior’s command, must imme- 


Gold, etc., 
taken as freight. 


Officers or¬ 
dered to duty by 
the Secretary of 
the Navy. 


When visiting 
a command. 


Execution o f 
orders. 


An order re¬ 
ceived contra¬ 
dicting or con¬ 
flicting with an¬ 
other. 


An officer di¬ 
verting another 
from his duty. 


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Combinations 
for certain pur¬ 
poses forbidden. 

Not to delay 
reporting in obe¬ 
dience to orders. 


Infl u e nc 1 n g 
legislation. 


All communi¬ 
cations to Con¬ 
gress shall pass 
through the de¬ 
partment. 


diately report and show satisfactorily to the Secretary of the Navy 
or to the officer whose orders he has contravened, that the public 
interest required such action. All orders under such circum¬ 
stances must be given in writing. 

1515. Combinations of officers for the purpose of influencing leg¬ 
islation, remonstrating against orders, or complaining of details of 
duty, are forbidden. 

1516. An application for-the revocation or modification of orders 
to proceed will not justify any delay in their execution, if the 
officer ordered is able to travel; and io person shall delay obedience 
to an order for the purpose of making remonstrance or complaint. 

1517. (1) No person belonging to the Navy or employed under 
the Navy Department shall attempt, directly or indirectly, to in¬ 
fluence legislation in respect to the Navy without jthe express au¬ 
thority and approval of the department. 

(2) All petitions, remonstrances, memorials, and communica¬ 
tions from any officer or officers of the Navy or Marine Corps, 
whether on the active or retired list, addressed to Congress, or to 
either House thereof, or to any committee of Congress, on any 
subject of legislation relating to the Navy or Marine Corps, pend¬ 
ing, proposed, or suggested, shall be forwarded through the Navy 
Department, and not otherwise, except by authority of the depart¬ 
ment. 

(8) In accordance with the provisions of the preceding para¬ 
graphs, all officers of the Navy and Marine Corps shall refrain 
from any attempts to influence legislation by submitting drafts of 
proposed bills, or by arguments, recommendation, or otherwise, 
except through the regular officials channels. This prohibition 
shall be construed as applying to all bills whose import tends in 
any way to affect the administration, status, or strength of the 
Navy, or of any corps or bureau. Such recommendations or sug¬ 
gestions for legislation as may seem desirable shall invariably be 
presented to the Secretary of the Navy for his consideration. 

1518. (1) No bureau, office, or division chief, or subordinate in 
the Navy Department, and no officer of the Navy or Marine Corps 
shall apply to either House of Congress, or to any committee of 
either House ©f Congress, or to any Member of Congress, for leg¬ 
islation, or for appropriations, or for congressional action of any 
kind, except with the consent and knowledge of the Secretary of 
the Navy; nor shall any such person respond to any request for 
information from either House of Congress, or any committee of 
either House of Congress, or any Member of Congress, except 
through, or as authorized by, the department, except as provided 
in sections 102, 108, 104, and 859 of the Revised Statutes. 

(2) Under the exception contained in the concluding sentence of 
the preceding paragraph, chiefs of bureau and officers of the de¬ 
partment are authorized to respond directly to any request for 
information from either House of Congress or any committee or 
Member of either House of Congress on all ordinary and routine 
matters pertaining exclusively to their respective offices; but in¬ 
formation bearing on questions of policy, or on important or 
unusual matters, or of a character which sound judgment would 
indicate as coming properly within the discretion of the Secretary 
of the Navy, whose views Congress, its committees, and Members 
are entitled to know in their consideration of questions affecting 
the department; or information which a chief of bureau or other 
officer would wish brought to his knowledge if he were the head 
of the department should not be given out without first being sub- 


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mitted to and authorized by the Secretary of the Navy. The pro¬ 
visions of this paragraph are subject to those of sections 102, 103, 

104, and 859 of the Revised Statutes. Any summons received 
under the provisions of those sections shall be promptly reported 
to the Secretary of the Navy. 

1519.. No officer shall use language which may tend to diminish Language re- 
the confidence in or respect due to a superior in command; and it fleeting upon a 
is the duty of every officer who hears such language to endeavor su P erIor * 
to check it and to report the same immediately to his superior. 

1520. (1) All votes, resolutions, or publications in praise or Testimonials 

censure of any person in the naval service are forbidden. a n . d ... presents 

(2) No officer, clerk, or employee in the United States Govern- ° r ea * 
ment employ shall at any time solicit, contributions from other 
officers, clerks, or employees in the Government service for a gift 

or present to those in a superior official position; nor shall any 
such officials or clerical superiors receive any gift or present 
offered or presented to them as a contribution from persons in 
Government employ receiving a less salary than themselves; nor 
shall any officer or clerk make any donation as a gift or present 
to any official superior. Every person who violates this section 
shall be summarily discharged from the Government emplov. 

(Sec. 1784, R. S.) 

(3) No officer or other person under the Navy Department shall 
solicit subscriptions for the purpose of making a gift to a member 
of the immediate family of an officer of the naval service. 

1521. No person employed in the Navy or under the Navy De- , Gratuities from 
partment shall take or receive, directly or indirectly, any emolu- con ractors * 
ment or gratuity from any contractor or other person furnishing 

supplies, or act as agent or attorney for such person. (Secs. 1781, 

17S2, R. S.) 

1522. An officer of the Navy, either on the active or retired list, . ,* a11 

who acts as agent or attorney to prosecute a claim against the Seys^against the 
United States is liable to the penalty of a fine or imprisonment, United States, 
or both. (Sec. 5498, R. S.) 

1523. No officer shall give certificates to inventors whose works Certificates of 
he may have examined, nor to persons with whom he has had offlcers * 
official dealings, except that he may give letters to enlisted men 

and employees of the Navy who are to appear before examining 
boards and to former enlisted men seeking positions on shore, 
setting forth the character of service performed by such persons 
and their efficiency and conduct while under his observation. 

1521. Officers shall not borrow money nor accept deposits from, Dealings with 
nor have any pecuniary dealings with, enlisted men, except as eulisted men * 
provided in article R. 4376, for deposits with the pay officer. 

1525. (1) Applications for orders to duty, or for the revoea- Applications 
tion or modification of orders, shall be made by the officer himself for orders * 
in an official form and through official channels, and shall state 
the precise reason for making the application. 

(2) Officers are forbidden to write personal letters to the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy concerning orders to duty or the revocation or 
modification of orders. 

(3) Appointments, details, transfers, and assignments shall be Details, trans- 
made on the basis of official records in tin' department to the ex- etc, » h<m 
elusion of other sources of influence or Informa lion. If an officer 

seeks recommendation or support other than those named above, 
that fact shall debar him from obtaining the particular assign¬ 
ment which he thereby attempts to secure, and the circumstances 
shall be noted on his official record. 


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R c q nests 
through other 
than regular 
channels. 


An officer 
der arrest 
suspension. 


un- 
o r 


Exchange o f 
and absence 
from duty. 

Orders Involv¬ 
ing travel. 


Boat service 
not detached 
duty. 


Senior line of¬ 
ficer in boat. 


Inspection o f 
accounts. 


Sea service. 


Appoint me nt 
in diplomatic or 
consular service. 


Inform a 11 o n 
that might aid 
a foreign power 
forbidden. 


Publication of 
information re¬ 
garding foreign 
policy, acts o f 
government, etc. 


(4) All requests and recommendations, either written or verbal, 
received at the Navy Department from or on behalf of officers of 
the Navy or Marine Corps of whatever nature, other than those 
received through regular official channels, will be filed with or 
noted on their records. Officers who do not desire such notations 
on their records should take such action as may be necessary to 
prevent such requests or recommendations being made. 

1526. An officer under arrest or suspension shall not leave the 
State or Territory of which he is a resident, nor visit the Navy 
Department, without authority from the Secretary of the Navy. 

1527. An officer shall not, without authority from his com¬ 
manding officer or other superior, absent himself from his duty or 
exchange duty with another. (Art. It. 3708.) 

1528. (1) All orders from commanding officers or others to 
their subordinates involving travel must be in writing and must 
state specifically what duty is to be performed. 

(2) All such orders to enlisted men of the Navy or Marine 
Corps must state on their face the cause or necessity therefor. 

(3) Officers shall not perform travel on Government duty 
unless said travel hns been authorized by proper authority, except 
in cases of emergency, and when there is not time to communicate 
with the department by telegraph. 

1520. Officers in boats engaged in the ordinary duty of the 
ship and not absent on an expedition or separated from the ship 
shall not regard themselves as on detached duty or assume the 
authority of such duty. 

1530. Nothing in article R. 1529 shall be construed as relieving 
the senior line officer in a boat from the responsibility for its 
safety and management under all circumstances. 

1531. Commanding and other officers shall afford facilities for 
the officers specified in article I. 4861 to inspect the accounts of 
officers of the Pay Corps. 

1532. No service shall be regarded as sea service except such as 
shall be performed at sea under the orders of a department and in 
vessels employed by authority of law. (Sec. 1571, R. S.) 

1538. If any officer of the Navy accepts or holds an appoint¬ 
ment in the diplomatic or consular service of the Government, he 
will be considered as having resigned his place in the Navy, and 
it shall be filled as a vacancy. (Sec. 1440, R. S.) 

1534. (1) No person belonging to the Navy or employed under 
the Navy Department shall convey or disclose by oral or written 
communications, publications, or any other means, except as may 
be required by his official duties, any information whatever con¬ 
cerning the Naval or Military Establishment or forces, or any 
person, thing, plan, or measure pertaining thereto, when such 
information might be of possible assistance to a foreign power in 
time of peace or to an enemy in time of war. 

(2) No person belonging to the Navy or employed under the 
Navy Department shall publish or cause or permit to be pub¬ 
lished, directly or indirectly, or communicate by interviews, 
private letters, or otherwise, except as required by his official 
duties, any information in regard to the foreign policy of the 
United States, or concerning the acts or measures of any depart¬ 
ment of the Government or of any officer acting thereunder, or 
any comments or criticisms thereon; or the text of any official 
instructions, reports, or letters upon any subject whatever, or 
furnish copies thereof to any person, without the express per¬ 
mission of the Navy Department. 


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(3) Officers and other persons in the naval service desiring to 
publish articles on professional subjects, except translations from 
foreign publications or articles of a purely historical nature, shall 
submit the manuscript of such articles to the department (Office 
of Naval Intelligence) for scrutiny before publication. Such 
articles must be couched in proper and temperate language and 
free from personal attacks on, or impugnment of motives or con¬ 
duct of, persons in the Government service, and must conform 
strictly to the requirements of paragraph 1 of this article. The 
publication of such articles, if authorized, shall be over the signa¬ 
ture of the author. 

(4) Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting 
officers from forwarding to the department, through official chan¬ 
nels, well-considered comment and suggestions with a view to 
promoting the efficiency of the service and the public interests; 
on the contrary, such suggestions are invited, but they should 
be in regard to things or methods and not a criticism of persons, 
and should in all cases be accompanied by a well-digested plan 
for improvement. Such suggestions, if approved by the depart¬ 
ment, will be entered on the officer’s record and he will be duly 
notified to that effect. 

1535. No person belonging to the Navy or employed under the 
Navy Department shall act as a correspondent of a newspaper or 
other periodical without the express permission of the depart¬ 
ment. Every person authorized by the department to act as a 
correspondent on board any vessel or at any place under the juris¬ 
diction of the Navy Department shall, before forwarding an article 
or news item for publication, submit it to the commanding officer 
for scrutiny, and the commanding officer shall suppress it, wholly 
or in part, if in his opinion the public interests so require. 

1536. (1) Judges advocate of naval general courts-martial and 
courts of inquiry, and all commanders in chief of naval squad¬ 
rons, commandants of navy yards and stations, officers command¬ 
ing vessels of the Navy, and recruiting officers of the Navy, and 
the adjutant and inspector, assistant adjutant and inspector, 
commanding officers, and recruiting officers of the Marine Corps, 
be, and the same are hereby, authorized to administer oaths for 
the purposes of the administration of naval justice and for other 
purposes of naval administration. (Act of March 3, 1901.) (Art. 
R. 4535.) 

(2) When practicable, officers and men of the Navy and Marine 
Corps who may be required to subscribe under oath to any papers 
relating to naval administration and the administration of naval 
justice, will do so in the presence of an officer of the service 
authorized to administer oaths. 

(3) Notaries public shall not be employed in any matters of 
naval administration where officers of the Navy or Marine Corps 
authorized by the act approved March 3, 1901, to administer oaths 
for the purpose of the administration of naval justice and for 
other purposes of naval administration are present and accessible. 

(4) No officer, clerk, or employee in the executive service of the 
Government, who is also a notary public, shall charge or receive 
any compensation whatever for performing any notarial act for 
an officer, clerk, or employee of the Government in his official 
capacity, or in any matter in which the Government is interested, 
or for any person when, in the case of such person, the act is 
performed during the hours of such notary’s service to the Govern¬ 
ment. Disregard of this regulation shall be ground for immediate 
dismissal from the service. This regulation shall not apply to 


Articles on 
professional 
subjects. 


Comment and 
suggestions i n • 
vlted. 


Officers a u - 
thorized to ad¬ 
minister oaths. 


Oaths on offi¬ 
cial doenments 
to be adminis¬ 
tered by officers. 


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oaths of disinterestedness, or other oaths required to be made by 
law, provided that the work in connection therewith is not per¬ 
formed during office hours. (Art. I. 91.) 

Women on 1537. Officers commanding fleets, squadrons, divisions, or ships 
board ship. shall not permit women to reside on board of, or take passage in, 
any slop of the Navy in commission. 

Foreign relig- 1538. The religious institutions and customs of foreign coun- 
ious institutions. ^ r j eg visited by ships of the Navy must be respected. 

Malt and other 1539. Enlisted men of the Navy or Marine Corps shall not take 
liyuors. or keep any malt or other alcholic liquors or intoxicants, nor any 

intoxicating or narcotic substances, on board ships of the Navy or 
within the limits of naval stations, marine barracks, or other com¬ 
mands, nor shall any such liquors, intoxicants, or substances be 
sold or given to the said enlisted men, or issued to them except for 
medical purposes, within such naval jurisdiction. 

Duty hospital 1540. Members of the hospital corps shall not perform any mill- 
corps restricted, tary duties other than those pertaining to the medical department. 

1541. A signal and its meaning shall never be entered together 
in the ship’s log or other record. 

1542. Such special schools and classes for the instruction of 
officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps as the Secretary 
of the Navy may deem advisable shall be organized and carried on 
under instructions to be issued by the Navy Department. 

1543. (1) Postgraduate courses of instruction shall be main¬ 
tained at the Naval Academy for commissioned officers of the line 
in ordnance and gunnery, marine engineering, electrical engineer¬ 
ing, radiotelegraphy, naval construction, civil engineering, and 
such other subjects as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, 
to meet the requirements of the naval service. 

(2) For the administration of these courses there shall be a 
postgraduate department at the Naval Academy, separate from 
the academic departments and independent of the academic board. 
It shall be governed by an executive council for postgraduate 
courses, composed of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, 
the head of the postgraduate department, the heads of the aca¬ 
demic departments of marine engineering and naval construction, 
ordnance and gunnery, electrical engineering, mathematics and 
mechanics, and physics and chemistry, the head of the engineer¬ 
ing experiment station, a naval constructor, and a civil engineer. 

(3) The council will pass upon administrative questions and 
upon the merits of the student officers and have advisory func¬ 
tions in matters of the curriculum. The council will formulate 
its own rules for procedure, subject to the approval of the Bureau 
of Navigation, and shall submit to the Bureau of Navigation from 
time to time such recommendations affecting postgraduate courses 
as may seem advisable. 

(4) The head of the postgraduate department will be detailed 
by the Navy Department. He will direct and conduct the execu¬ 
tive and administrative work connected with the postgraduate 
courses, replacing the head of the school of marine engineering. 
He will have the same general status as heads of academic depart¬ 
ments and occupy quarters in the Naval Academy of the same 
class as other heads of departments; but he will not be a mem¬ 
ber of the academic board nor have any duties in connection with 
midshipmen. 


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(5) The curriculum for each postgraduate course and any 
changes in curriculum will be established by the Navy Department, 
on recommendation of the Bureau of Navigation and the bureau 
most directly concerned. The facilities and equipment of the 
Naval Academy and of the engineering experiment station, and the 
services of such professors and instructors of the Naval Academy 
as may be necessary and available shall be at disposal for the pur¬ 
poses of the postgraduate department. 

(6) The curriculum for each postgraduate course in a techni¬ 
cal branch will begin with a four mouths’ term of study in the¬ 
oretical and applied mathematics and mechanics, physics, chemis¬ 
try, laboratory and experimental work, mechanical drawing, prin¬ 
ciples of industrial management, and those special studies for each 
branch which are the ones that should be taken up first. The 
work will be laid out definitely in each study and the student offi¬ 
cers required to follow the schedule. Each study shall be under 
the general direction of the head of the appropriate academic de¬ 
partment, and the student officers shall always have access to 
such head, or to some professor or instructor designated by him, 
for guidance and assistance. Examinations shall be held, at such 
intervals and of such nature as may be found most productive of 
good results, to test the application, industry, and progress of the 
student officers. At the close of the first term of four months a 
thorough examination will be held upon the ground covered, which, 
together with the work accomplished during the term, will deter¬ 
mine the relative merit of the student officers. The purpose of 
the first term’s closely regulated and directed work is to refresh 
and strengthen the theoretical knowledge previously acquired by 
the student officers, train them to method in investigation and 
experiment, and help them to regain the habit of study and read¬ 
ing—all this as necessary preparation for pursuing a chosen 
branch of specialized study. 

(7) The second four months will be spent at Annapolis, continu¬ 
ing such work of the first term as may be specified, or elsewhere 
at governmental or private establishments, or both, in such occu¬ 
pation as required by the curriculum; but the same direction and 
guidance of each student officer’s work, and the same touch with 
his progress will continue as in the first term, as far as different 
circumstances permit. At the close of the second term the rela¬ 
tive merit of the student officers will be determined the same as at 
the end of the first term. 

(8) After the close of the second term the student officers whose 
progress has not been satisfactory will be dropped from the post¬ 
graduate course upon recommendation of the executive council, 
and will be ordered to sea duty. 

(9) Following the first eight months’ work, the student officers 
will pursue such course of study and investigation as the special 
curriculum may require or permit. The courses shall be definite 
and under such control as to enable the head of the postgraduate 
department to keep fully informed of the employment and progress 
of each student officer. At the same time these postgraduate 
courses shall not be confined to the beaten track only, but, on the 
contrary, work along original or useful new lines is encouraged. 
The normal period for the postgraduate course will be altogether 
two years, but in special cases recommended by the executive 
council an extension of time may be authorized, and the two-year 


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limitation shall not apply to courses whose main part consists of a 
standard course pursued at outside educational institutions. 

(10) At the conclusion of the second year the student officers 
will be examined on their work accomplished, as shown by theses, 
reports, data on investigations and experimentation and other ap¬ 
propriate tests. The cooperation of civilian professors and 
experts will be sought in establishing suitable standards by which 
to pass judgment in the various lines of postgraduate work pur¬ 
sued, and the student officers will be given graded certificates ac¬ 
cordingly. These certificates will be noted in the officers’ records 
and appropriately noted also in the Navy Register against their 
names, and they will be a guide in the assignment of the officers 
concerned to duty. 

(11) Officers detailed to postgraduate courses beginning after 
October, 1912, will be selected, upon the recommendation of the 
bureaus respectively concerned, from those who apply and are 
recommended in their reports of fitness for the postgraduate course, 
provided they have completed not less than three years’ sea serv¬ 
ice, and, if then eligible by law, have qualified for promotion to 
lieutenant (junior grade). The great majority will be selected from 
those who have just completed three years’ sea service (and after 
1914 passed for lieutenant (junior grade)), but officers of consider¬ 
ably longer service are equally eligible. Officers for the corps of 
naval constructors and civil engineers will be selected after ap¬ 
proximately one and one-half years’ sea service after graduation, 
and those from the class of 1911 will begin their course in Feb¬ 
ruary, 1913. The form for reports on fitness now provides for 
applications and recommendations for postgraduate courses, so 
that special letters of application are no longer necessary. Inas¬ 
much as the new forms have only recently been issued, applica¬ 
tions for the course to begin on February 1, 1913, will be received 
until December 31, 1912. These details will be made twice yearly, 
the classes to begin the first-term work at Annapolis on or about 
October 1 and February 1, respectively. 

(12) Postgraduate courses begun in October, 1912, will be estab¬ 
lished under the provisions of this order in ordnance and gunnery, 
marine engineering, electrical engineering, radiotelegraphy, naval 
construction, and civil engineering. As soon as the main fea¬ 
tures shall have been decided upon, a schedule will be published 
giving an outline of the courses in the various branches of special¬ 
ization under the general heads named and showing which courses 
are to begin with the October term, which with the February term, 
and stating the educational and other institutions, governmental 
and private, at which the courses, in the main or in part, will be 
pursued. The administration and regulation of such of the courses 
named in this order as are already established will be taken over 
by the authorities herein constituted as soon as practicable. 

(13) Student officers at Annapolis will be subject in military re¬ 
gard to the superintendent of the Naval Academy, but they will 
not be assigned quarters in the Naval Academy nor shall they be 
ordered to any duty unconnected with their courses of study. Else¬ 
where than at Annapolis they will be subordinate to the com¬ 
mandant of the navy yard or station or other local senior officer. 


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CHAPTER 15. 


A COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 7.) 

Note. —When articles or paragraphs contained in this chapter 
have the marks *, t, t, or ft placed against their numbers, it shall 
be understood that these marks mean as follows: 

* That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked 
are to be carried out by commanding officers, so far as they may 
be applicable to such officers and to existing conditions. 

t That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by senior officers present, so far as they may be 
applicable to such officers and to existing conditions. 

$ That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by division commanders, or, in the case of vessels 
other than battleships and battle cruisers and scouts, by squadron 
or flotilla commanders, so far as they may be applicable to such 
officers and to existing conditions. 

tt That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by force commanders so far as they may be ap¬ 
plicable to such officers and to existing conditions. 

Section 1.—General Duties. 

1607. 1 1 tt The commander in chief may require the medical Medical aid to 
officers of his command to render professional aid to persons not r not In 

in the naval service, when such aid can be rendered without det- a>J ’ 
riment to the interests of the Government, and is necessary and 
demanded by the laws of humanity or the principles of inter¬ 
national courtesy. 

Section 2.—Duties in Time of War. 

1631. * 11 ft. When troops are embarked on board any of the Troops cm- 
ships of his command, the commander in chief shall take all nec- larked on board 
essary precautions to preserve their health and maintain dis- maiid.° f Ws C ° m " 
cipline. 


CHAPTER 17. 


THE STAFF OF A FLAG OFFICER AFLOAT. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 9.) 

Section 2. —The Staff of a Flag Officer Afloat. 

1816. The chief of staff, flag secretary, fleet gunnery officer, fleet staff, 
engineer, flag lieutenant, fleet radio officer, fleet torpedo officer, 
aids, fleet surgeon, fleet paymaster, fleet naval constructor, and 
fleet marine officer shall constitute the staff of the commander in 
chief of a fleet. 

96220—17-10 





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1826. (1) Officers will be designated by the Navy Department, 
after consultation with the commander in chief, as fleet surgeon, 
fleet paymaster, fleet naval constructor, and fleet marine officer. 

(2) When not designated by the department, the senior medi¬ 
cal, supply, and marine officers in the fleet may be detailed by 
commander in chief to act as fleet surgeon, fleet paymaster, and 
fleet marine officer, respectively. 

To inspect 1828. No member of the staff shall make an official inspection 
ships only -when or examination on board any ship other than the one to which 
or ere ' he is attached, except upon a written order from the commander 

in chief, which shall be presented to the commanding officer of the 
ship about to be inspected or examined. 


CHAPTER 19. 


THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF A SHIP. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 11.) 

Section 4.—General Duties. 

« 

Care of crew. 2044. The commanding officer of a ship shall use all proper 
means to preserve the health of the crew, and shall from time to 
time consult with the medical officer of the ship in regard to 
sanitary measures to be adopted for that end. (Arts. I. 952 and 
R. 3582.) 

Officer de- 2051. Whenever an officer in charge of a department is ordered 
cruise 1 durln§ detached from a ship during a cruise, the commanding officer shall 
require the officer so ordered to make a thorough inspection of the 
material of the department in company with his relief, and, upon 
the completion thereof, to submit jointly with his relief a report 
on the condition of the parts of the ship, machinery, and equip¬ 
ment of the department, with particular reference to any defects 
or deficiencies discovered. In the event of any disagreement be¬ 
tween the officers as to the conditions discovered, the command¬ 
ing officer shall take appropriate steps to ascertain the actual 
conditions, and, if necessary, the responsibility therefor. He shall 
forward the report to the department. Should lack of time or 
other circumstances prevent the two officers making the inspec¬ 
tion in company, the incoming head of department shall be re¬ 
quired to make the inspection and report as soon as possible after 
taking charge. 


Section 5.—Duties in Time of War. 


To prepare for 2061. (3) Immediately after a battle he shall repair damages 
in>mediately rV a C f- as far as Possible, and use every effort to prepare the ship for 
ter battle. further service in action. He shall transmit to his superior in 
command a list of killed and wounded, and of ammunition, per¬ 
sonnel, or material necessary for immediate service. 




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Section 9.—Personnel. 

2112. The commanding officer shall carefully observe the in¬ 
structions given in article I. 952. 

2119. (1) The commanding officer shall cause to be entered in 
the log book the name and rank or rating of any person who may 
die on board, and also a statement of the exact time of his death. 

(2) He shall report to the department (Bureau of Navigation) 
any death that may occur on board. In addition, information of 
the same shall be forwarded to the nearest relative or legal repre¬ 
sentative of the deceased if the address of such person can be 
obtained. He is authorized to use the telegraph for this if deemed 
expedient. In all cases where the wishes of the kin are desired 
with respect to disposition of remains, they should be instructed 
by telegraph to communicate without delay direct with the Sur¬ 
geon General, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. In all cases 
where the wishes of the kin are desired with respect to disposition 
of remains, they should be instructed by telegraph to communi¬ 
cate without delay direct with the Surgeon General, Navy De¬ 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

(3) He shall, upon the death of any person on board the ship 
under his command, cause all of the effects of the deceased to be 
collected and inventoried. If the deceased was an officer, this 
shall be done by two officers of the ship; if a member of the crew 
or other person, by the officer of his division or one detailed for 
the purpose. The inventories shall be made out in duplicate, 
duly attested and signed by the officers making them. Upon the 
completion of the inventory the effects, if not of a perishable 
nature, shall be put up in packages of a convenient size and 
sealed with the seal of the ship. The commanding officer shall 
retain one copy of the inventory himself, and shall deliver the 
other to the supply officer, who shall also take charge of the effects 
for safe-keeping. 

(4) If any of the effects of a deceased person are perishable 
and deteriorating they shall be immediately sold at auction. 

(5) All papers, medals, small trinkets, and keepsakes of value 
shall be forwarded to the legal representative or, in default of 
such, the heirs at law of the deceased. Should it be impossible 
to ascertain the existence of the legal representative or of heirs 
at law, the articles mentioned shall be sent to the department 
(Bureau of Navigation) or to the Commandant of the Marine 
Corps, as the case may be, for safe-keeping. 

(6) When the executor or legal representative of the deceased 
person applies for his effects, all shall be delivered to him, except 
any money that may be found among them. 

(7) The commanding officer shall exercise his discretion in 
causing the effects of deceased enlisted men to be sold at auction 
at the mast, or retaining them for transmission to the heirs, rela¬ 
tives, or friends. In exercising this discretion he shall be gov¬ 
erned by the wishes of the heirs, relatives, or friends, if possible 
to learn them before closing the accounts of the deceased. 

2120. The commanding officer shall sign the descriptive lists on 
all certificates of death, certificates of ordinary disability, and cer¬ 
tificates of pensions. 

2124. The commanding officer shall carry out the instructions 
in regard to the reports on the fitness of officers, as laid down in 
articles I. 707 and I. 708. These reports shall be forwarded di¬ 
rectly to the Secretary of the Navy or Commandant of the Marine 
Corps unless the approval or comment of a higher authority be 
reauired. 


Service on un¬ 
healthy stations. 

Deaths to be 
entered in log. 


Report of 
deaths. 


Effects of de¬ 
ceased persons. 


Disposition of 
effects of de¬ 
ceased persons. 


Certificates of 
death, disability, 
and pension. 

Reports on the 
fitness of officers. 


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CHAPTER 27. 


THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL SHIPS, AND 

MEDICAL OFFICERS. 

(Naval Instructions, chaps. 19, 28, and 34.) 

Section 1.—The Medical Department, Afloat and Ashore. 

Duty of Medi- 2901. (1) The Medical Department is charged with the duty of 
cal Department, inspecting the sanitary condition of the Navy and making recom¬ 
mendations in reference thereto; of advising with the department 
and other bureaus in reference to the sanitary features of ships 
under construction and in commission, regarding berthing, ventila¬ 
tion, location of quarters for the care and treatment of the sick 
and injured; of the provisions for the care of wounded in battle; 
and, in the case of shore stations, of advising in regard to health 
conditions depending on location, the hygienic construction and 
care of public buildings, especially of barracks and other habita¬ 
tions, such as camps. It shall advise in regard to water supplies 
used for drinking, cooking, and bathing purposes, and drainage 
and the disposal of wastes, so far as these affect the health of the 
Navy. It shall provide for the care of the sick and wounded, the 
physical examination of officers and enlisted men, with a view to 
the selection or retention of those only whose physical condition is 
such as to maintain or improve the military efficiency of the serv¬ 
ice if admitted or retained therein, the management and control of 
naval hospitals, and of the internal organization and administra¬ 
tion of hospital ships, the instruction of the Hospital Corps and 
Nurse Corps (female), and the furnishing of all medical and hos¬ 
pital supplies. It shall advise in matters pertaining to clothing 
and food so far as these affect the health of the Navy. It shall 
safeguard the personnel by the employment of the best methods 
of hygiene and sanitation, both afloat and ashore, with a view to 
maintaining the highest possible percentage of the personnel ready 
for service at all times. It shall adopt for use all such devices or 
procedures as may be developed in the sciences of medicine and 
surgery which will in any way tend to an increase in military 
efficiency. 

Duty of me<lt- (2) The medical officer of a shore station, under the direction of 

shore°sTa C tions a * comm andant, shall supervise the hygiene of the station and 
recommend such measures as he may deem necessary to prevent 
or diminish disease. He shall likewise examine monthly and note 
in the journal the sanitary condition of all public buildings, the 
drainage, the sewerage, the amount and quality of the water sup¬ 
ply, the clothing and habits of the men, the character and cooking 
of food, and report in writing the conditions to the commandant, 
together with such recommendations as he may deem proper. 
The commandant shall indorse his views and action thereon and, 
if he deem the action recommended by the medical officer undesir¬ 
able, shall state fully his objections thereto. He shall then return 
the report, with his indorsements, to the medical officer, who shall 
immediately enter the indorsements of the commandant in the 
journal and forward the report, through official channels, to the 
department, with such further report, if any, as he may deem 



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necessary or advisable in the premises. A special sanitary report 
shall be made at any time when an emergency arises, and at once 
be forwarded, through official channels, to the department. 

(3) All technical schools which are, or may be, established for Technical 
the education of medical and dental officers or members of the schools. 
Hospital Corps and Nurse Corps shall be under the supervision 
and control of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

2902. (1) Medical officers making entries in the health record “Not in line of 
or on reports of death or reports of medical survey of officers or dnt y” entries, 
enlisted men of the Navy or Marine Corps for disease or injury 
shall state specifically whether such disease or injury was received 
in the line of duty or not in the line of duty, and when not in the 
line of duty whether the disease or injury is the result of his own 
intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors or other misconduct. 

(2) When the medical officer having the custody of the health 
record of an officer or enlisted man of the Navy or Marine Corps 
enters on such record that any disability for which such officer or 
enlisted man is admitted to the sick list was not received in line 
of duty, or was the result of his own intemperate use of drugs 
or alcoholic liquors or other misconduct, it shall be the duty 
of such medical officer to inform the patient when such an ad¬ 
verse entry is made, provided the condition of the patient does not 
make such action inadvisable. He shall inform the commanding 
officer at the same time, and the procedure then shall be as pre¬ 
scribed in paragraph 4. 

(3) It shall likewise be the duty of the senior member of any 
board which makes a similar adverse record relative to the origin 
of any disease or injury to inform the individual concerned of such 
record. In the case of a board of medical survey the statement 
in rebuttal should not be incorporated in the body of the survey 
but forwarded as a separate paper. 

(4) It shall then be the right of such individual to request the 
commanding officer to have entered on the health record bearing 
such an adverse entry, such evidence in rebuttal as he may desire 
to present. A copy of such entry and evidence shall then be for¬ 
warded to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for filing. 

(5) In the event of the condition of the individual being such 
as to render it impracticable or inadvisable to inform him of 
such adverse entry, this fact shall be noted on his health record, 
and he shall be so informed so soon as circumstances permit, and 
such action be noted on the record when taken. 

(6) In the event of the death of a person in the naval service 
in which the commanding officer does not approve of the assigned 
origin of the fatal illness or injury as given in the official report 
of death, it shall be his duty to indorse thereon his opinion and the 
reasons therefor, the report being then forwarded to the Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery for file. 

(7) In the case of an officer or enlisted man of the Navy or Ma¬ 
rine Corps in active service absent from duty on account of sick¬ 
ness or disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs 
or alcoholic liquor or other misconduct, when the commanding 
officer and medical officer are in accord the entry shall be final. 

Should the commanding officer and medical officer disagree, the 
former will call a board of officers of not less than two members, 
one of whom shall be a medical officer, to report upon and make 
recommendations in the case. The approval by the commanding 
officer of the findings of this board shall be final; but if the com- 


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Design a 11 o n, 
duties, and cog* 
nizance. 


Ho>t governed. 


Assimilated to 
shore hospital. 


Classed as na- 
val auxiliaries. 


manding officer disapproves the finding of the board the proceed¬ 
ings will be forwarded for the action of the next higher au¬ 
thority. A copy of the final decision in the case will be entered 
in the health record. 

(8) Whenever an officer or enlisted man of the Navy or Marine 
Corps in active service is absent from duty on account of sickness 
or disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alco¬ 
holic liquors, or other misconduct, the medical officer having cogni¬ 
zance of the case shall prepare and forward to the commanding 
officer an admission “ Misconduct Report ” and upon the individ¬ 
ual being discharged to duty a discharge “ Misconduct Report.” 
In the case of officers these reports shall be forwarded in dupli¬ 
cate, one for the commanding officer, the other via the commanding 
officer to the officer carrying the officer’s accounts. In the case 
of enlisted men the reports shall be made in triplicate when neces¬ 
sary and forwarded through the commanding officer, one each for 
the commanding officer and the officer carrying the man’s ac¬ 
counts, and the third for the officer having custody of the man’s 
enlistment record. 


Section 2.—Hospital Ships. 

2911. The Navy Department shall designate such vessels as it 
may deem necessary to be called and employed as “ hospital ships.” 
When in service, such ships shall be considered as floating hos¬ 
pitals, for the purpose of caring for, treating, and transporting the 
sick and wounded of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army, as well 
as shipwrecked and other persons requiring medical service, and 
as such shall be under the general direction of the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery, so far as all matters pertaining to the dis¬ 
tinctly hospital features of the ship are concerned. Action in re¬ 
gard to such matters pertaining to the distinctly hospital features 
of the ship, and in regard to the detail of medical officers and 
members of the Hospital Corps thereto, shall be upon the recom¬ 
mendation of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Action in 
regard to matters not pertaining to the distinctly hospital features 
of the ship shall be taken by the appropriate bureaus or offices 
of the department in the same manner as is done for any other 
ship of the auxiliary service. 

2912. No persons other than those enumerated in the preceding 
article shall be transported aboard hospital ships. 

2918. Hospital ships shall be governed by the provisions of the 
Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, so far as they apply, of 
the laws of the United States, and of The Hague Convention of 
October 18, 1907, making applicable to such ships the principles 
of the Geneva Convention of July 29, 1899. 

2914. A hospital ship, being assimilated to a naval hospital on 
shore, shall be commanded by a naval medical officer not below the 
grade of surgeon, such commanding officer being detailed by the 
Navy Department. Such vessels shall be manned by a merchant 
crew and officers, and, in addition, by a detail from the Hospital 
Corps of the Navy, the latter to be employed in carrying out the 
duties for which the vessel is especially assigned. 

2915. Hospital ships shall be regarded as naval auxiliary ves¬ 
sels, and, as such, shall be subject to the inspection, care, and 
supervision of the supervisor of naval auxiliaries, so far as con- 


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cerns the nonmedical portion of the ship. That officer shall also 
be responsible for the management and security of all property 
on board not under the medical department. 

2016. All hospital ships shall be distinguished by being painted pai nting. CteriStiC 
white outside, with a horizontal band of green about a meter and a 
half in breadth. The boats of hospital ships shall be distinguished 
by similar painting. In accordance with the terms of the Geneva 
Convention, every hospital ship shall fly the Geneva cross flag at 
the main in place of the narrow pennant. 

2917. (1) No hospital ship, nor any of its boats or appurte¬ 
nances, shall be used for any other purpose than such as may be 
necessary for the peaceful and humane service to which such 
ship is assigned. 

(2) The neutrality of every hospital ship shall be strictly pre- Neutralization 

served at all times. u s * 

(3) No guns or ammunition, except such as may be necessary to 
maintain order on board and to defend the sick and wounded; and 
no other articles of the nature of contraband of war, except coal 
or stores necessary for the maintenance and movement of the ship, 
shall be placed on board; nor shall any hospital ship be used as a 
transport for the carrying of mails, dispatches, officers or men not 
sick, disabled, or shipwrecked, other than those regularly attached 
to such vessel. 

2918. Hospital ships shall be subject to the provisions of article 
I. 908 in regard to the inspection of hospitals by the commander 
in chief within whose jurisdiction they may lie. 

2919. (1) The commanding officer of a hospital ship shall he 0 ^ e ’” ma n d 111 § 
governed by the Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions in all 

respects so far as they may be applicable to him as the officer in 
command of a naval hospital and medical supply ship. Under 
these regulations he shall have full authority in all matters con¬ 
cerning the discipline and punishment of the medical and dental 
officers and members of the Hospital Corps, Nurse Corps (female), 
and Red Cross personnel on board, and of all officers and men on 
board under treatment, to the same extent as is the case in a naval 
hospital on shore. 

(2) In the absence or during the disability of the officer in com-command* 10 ” t0 
mand, the command shall devolve upon the medical officer next in 

rank attached to the vessel not detailed by the department for 
special duty, until relieved by proper authority. 

(3) All orders for a hospital ship shall be given through the pita [ 8 e hf ps> 0 os ’ 
commanding officer, who shall have the general direction of the 
movements of the vessel, leaving the master, however, to exercise 

full and unquestioned control and authority over all matters 
within his technical purview, and for which he is professionally 
responsible. Any order from the commanding officer relating to 
other than the medical department of the ship shall be given to 
or through the master. 

2929. Such additional medical officers as the department may icaiTmcers” 1 e d " 
deem necessary shall be attached to a hospital ship. Their duties 
shall be as prescribed by the commanding officer, by the provisions 
of section 4 of this chapter and of sections 1 and 2, chapter 28, 

Naval Instructions, and by such other instructions as may be 
issued from time to time by competent authority. 

2921. No person shall engage in the conveyance or transport de £ raffic forMd ' 
aboard any hospital ship of any articles or packages other than 
those which are officially authorized, nor in any traffic, sale, or 
barter on board thereof. 


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Intoxic a 11 n g 
liquor forbidden. 


Civilian com¬ 
plement. 


Authority o f 
masters. 


Duties of 
masters. 


Condition o f 
ship. 


Laws for pre¬ 
vent i n g colli¬ 
sions. 

Dunning 

lights. 


Emergency 

drills. 


Soundings. 


Safety of 
ship. 


To take the 
bridge. 


Night order 
book. 


Boats. 


Boats’ crews. 


Fire precau¬ 
tions. 


2922. No intoxicating liquors of any kind shall be brought or 
used on board by any person, except upon the recommendation of 
the medical officers of the ship, approved by the commanding 
officer. 

2923. The civilian officers and members of the crew of a hos¬ 
pital ship shall be classified as in the Naval Auxiliary Service. 
The complement of such a ship shall be as specified by the Navy 
Department (Bureau of Navigation). 

2924. (1) The master of a hospital ship shall have full and 
paramount control of the navigation of the ship and shall be re¬ 
sponsible for the discipline and efficiency of the civilian officers 
and crew. He shall maintain and enforce strict discipline at all 
times and shall require his own authority and that of the other 
officers to be thoroughly respected by all subordinates on board. 

(2) The master shall make himself thoroughly familiar with 
the regulations of the service and of the orders issued from time 
to time and he shall be responsible for their strict observance. 

(3) He shall satisfy himself that the ship is in all respects 
seaworthy and properly fitted out and shall take such steps as 
may be necessary at any time to put or keep her in an efficient 
condition. 

(4) He shall strictly comply with such rules or laws as may be 
adopted for the prevention of collisions or other accidents, both 
on the high seas and in inland waters. 

(5) He shall see that the lights required by law, at sea and in 
port, are kept in good order and burning brightly during the night 
and that there are at hand, convenient for use, means for re¬ 
lighting or replacing any such as may be extinguished or other¬ 
wise become inefficient. 

(6) He shall personally attend to the stationing of the crew for 
emergency drills and for their proper exercise at such stations. 

(7) When under way on soundings, or when nearing land, ap¬ 
proaching an anchorage, or when necessary to verify the ship’s 
position, he shall have casts of the lead taken frequently. 

(8) He shall be held responsible for the safe conduct of the 
ship, notwithstanding the presence of a pilot, and also for acci¬ 
dents occurring while bringing the ship to piers or docks. 

(9) He shall himself take the bridge in thick weather and 
when approaching or leaving land and shall keep it as much as 
possible while in channels or crowded waters, especially during 
the night. 

(10) He shall enter regularly in the night order book the 
course to be steered and all necessary instructions to the officer 
on duty, and this book shall be initialed every night by the officers 
on watch. 

(11) He shall take care that the boats of all kinds are con¬ 
stantly ready for service, with all gear in them properly fitted and 
ready for hoisting out; that the boats’ falls are kept rove and the 
lowering apparatus ready for use. 

(12) He shall see that the crew is properly organized for serv¬ 
ice in the boats and properly exercised in getting them out and 
handling them. 

(13) He shall see that the crew is properly organized and sta¬ 
tioned for fire service, and that it is properly drilled in the use of 
the fire appliances. Before sunset each day he shall ascertain 
that the fire apparatus and pumps are ready for immediate serv¬ 
ice, with hose coupled and buckets with lanyards at hand and 
kept filled. 


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(14) He shall see that collisions, groundings, and similar oc¬ 
currences are entered in the ship’s log, with full and exact par¬ 
ticulars thereof. 

(15) In the case of a collision or other occurrence of like 
nature, he shall at once prepare and forward a written report 
signed by him, through the commanding officer, to the Navy De¬ 
partment (Bureau of Navigation), detailing the circumstances in 
connection with the occurrence. If he is not on deck himself at 
the time of the casualty, he shall, for the purpose of making his 
report, obtain from witnesses written statements of all the facts. 

(16) He shall certify to the correctness of the quarterly state¬ 
ment showing the total number of rations issued to the civilian 
crew. 

2925. The first officer is the aid to the master, and, subject to 
his instructions, is particularly responsible for the good order and 
cleanliness of the ship, for the discipline and efficiency of the 
crew, and for the serviceable condition of all navigation and deck 
appliances. 

2926. (1) The chief engineer is responsible for the care and 
good management of all steam, propelling, pumping, hydraulic, 
refrigerating, electrical, auxiliary, and other machinery on board, 
and for all air, water, and steam pipes for sanitary, ventilating, 
heating, cooking, and other purposes. He shall use all the re¬ 
sources of his department to keep the machinery in proper work¬ 
ing order and shall make the required reports of its performance, 
condition, and necessary repairs to the master, who shall forward 
the same to the Navy Department. He shall supervise and keep 
himself fully acquainted with all repairs and alterations made 
in port. 

(2) He shall be responsible to the master at all times for the 
general supervision and conduct of his department. 

(3) He shall have control, under the master, over all persons 
in his department, and shall see that strict discipline and efficiency 
are maintained at all times. 


Accidents en¬ 
tered in log. 


Reports of ac¬ 
cidents. 


Ration return. 


First officer. 


Chief engineer. 


Discipline. 


Section 3.—The Medical Officer of a Ship. 

2951. The medical officer of a ship is the head of the medical Duties, 
department of the ship. He shall have charge of all material and 
stores aboard under the cognizance of the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery. He shall be in direct charge of the treatment and care 

of the sick and wounded, and shall advise the commanding officer 
in regard to matters affecting the physical fitness of the personnel. 

2952. The medical officer shall report to the commanding officer Contagious or 
immediately upon becoming aware of danger from any contagious infectious dis- 
or infectious disease, or of its appearance amongst the personnel. eases * 

Subject to the direction of the commanding officer, he shall use 

every means in his power to prevent the introduction of such a 
disease or, if existing on board, to prevent it from spreading. 

2953. The medical officer shall keep himself informed of the Health of the 
sanitary condition of the port in which the ship is lying, and port, 
immediately report to the commanding officer any facts that may 

influence the health of the personnel of the ship. (Art. I. 952.) 

2954. Whenever the medical officer deems it necessary, it shall Suggestions, 
be his duty to make written suggestions or reports to the com¬ 
manding officer concerning the sanitary condition of the person¬ 
nel, the prevention or checking of disease, and the care and com¬ 
fort of the sick and wounded. (Art. I. 1122 (5).) 


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Malingering 


Concealed dis¬ 
eases. 


Precautions. 2055. (1) The medical officer shall carefully observe the gen¬ 
eral appearance of the personnel, and should he suspect the pres¬ 
ence' of disease in any person, he shall report the fact to the 
commanding officer with appropriate recommendations. 

(2) Whenever he discovers that any person has willfully pro¬ 
duced, concealed, aggravated, or feigned any disease, he shall 
report the fact to the commanding officer, and enter it upon the 
report book. 

(3) Whenever, in his opinion, any members of the crew have 
concealed diseases he shall, with the approval of the command¬ 
ing officer, examine them and. place any that seem to require it 
under appropriate treatment; such examinations shall also be 
made when directed by the commanding officer. This duty may 
be delegated to junior medical officers only. 

Relief of the 2050. The medical officer shall at all times have in readiness 
instruction a "n ever ything necessary for the relief of the wounded, and, at fre- 
i\rst aid. quent intervals, with the approval of the commanding officer, 

shall provide for the instruction of the ambulance party in first 
aid to the wounded. 

Reports of 2057. As soon as possible after a battle the medical officer shall 
wounded. & n d maiie out careful duplicate reports of the killed and wounded, 
sending one copy to the commanding officer, and the other through 
him to the commander in chief. 

Unofficial cer- 2058. The medical officer shall not give an unofficial certificate 
1 C!ltes ‘ of ill health or of inability to perform any duty. 

Food for the 2050. The medical officer shall have the food for the sick fre- 
sic ‘ * quently inspected by a medical officer, and shall report if it is 

not prepared properly or in accordance with liis directions. 

2060. Whenever in his opinion any person on board becomes 
unfit for further duty on account of ill health or injury, he shall 
report the fact to the commanding officer and, if necessary, rec¬ 
ommend a medical survey or transfer to a hospital. 

2961. (1) A patient, while being transferred to a hospital, 
shall, in serious cases, be accompanied by a medical officer if 
practicable. 

(2) A patient, when transferred from the care of a medical 
officer of the Navy to that of any other person, shall be accom¬ 
panied by a hospital ticket and by his health record. (Arts. 
R. 3582 and I. 2116.) 

(3) Every man about to be transferred from one ship or sta¬ 
tion to another shall be subjected to a careful physical examina¬ 
tion conducted by the medical officer, who shall make the requisite 
entries on the man’s health record. Except in an emergency, no 
man who is know to have been exposed to any infectious or con¬ 
tagious disease, or who is found to be suffering from such disease 
or from active venereal infection, which may be a menace to 
others, shall be recommended for transfer except for treatment 
in hospital or for passage thereto. When an emergency requires 
the transfer of men with these diseases, a full report shall be for¬ 
warded through official channels to the medical officer of the ship 
or station to which transfer is made. If any cases of these 
diseases are found and retained, they shall be' promptly admitted 
for treatment and a report of the facts made to the commanding 
officer. 

Patients in 2962. (1) When a patient is transferred to any other than a 
^United*states United States naval hospital, the date of the transfer shall be 
naval hospital, noted in his health record, and the case continued therein until 
the patient returns to duty or until the ship leaves port, if the 
patient be left behind. (Art. R. 3582.) 


Medical s u r • 

vey. 


Transfers. 


Exaiuinat i o n 
before transfer. 


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(2) On the departure of the ship, if in a foreign port, the 
medical officer shall forward, through the commanding officer, to 
the consul the health records of the cases of all patients referred 
to in paragraph 1 of this article, who are left behind. The record 
in each instance shall state that it is to accompany the patient, if 
sent to the United States, or to be forwarded to the commanding 
officer of the next ship arriving in the port. 

(3) Upon the arrival of a ship in a foreign port, her medical 
officer shall take charge of all cases referred to in paragraph 2, 
and continue their health records. When practicable, such medi¬ 
cal officer shall frequently visit these patients, in order to con¬ 
tinue a correct health record in each case. He shall interest him¬ 
self in their welfare, report their progress to the commanding 
officer, and suggest any measures that he may consider necessary 
for their benefit. 

(4) The hospital expenses of such patients shall be paid from 
the proper appropriation under the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery. 

(5) When such patients are transferred or received, a report 
of the fact shall be made to the fleet surgeon and, if in a port of 
the United States, to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

2963. (1) The medical officer shall prepare duplicate certifi¬ 
cates of death and forward them through the commanding officer 
to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and shall furnish a copy 
to the commander in chief. (Art. I. 1122 (8).) 

(2) The statement as to origin of disease or disability causing 
death shall always be noted therein, with reasons for the opinion 
expressed as to whether or not it was incurred in line of duty. 

2964. The medical officer shall see that only medical stores and 
supplies, and spirits and wines that are the property of the Gov¬ 
ernment, are kept in the medical storeroom. He shall retain the 
key himself and never permit it to pass into the custody of an 
enlisted man without permission of the commanding officer. The 
storeroom shall not be open, except in the presence of an officer 
unless in an emergency. 

2965. The medical officer shall not permit any spirits, wines, 
or malt liquors, the property of the Government and under his 
charge, to be placed in the possession of any enlisted or appointed 
man, except in small quantities for immediate consumption by 
patients. 

2966. (1) Upon the arrival of a ship in a foreign port, the 
medical officer shall obtain, as far as practicable, the sanitary data 
prescribed in the Manual for Medical Officers and shall forward 
the same without delay to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

(2) During the prevalence of epidemic or contagious diseases, 
especially in ports of the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, and 
South America, he shall include in such report all reliable infor¬ 
mation relating thereto that he may be able to procure. 

2967. The medical officer of the ship shall indorse upon the 

record of every summary court-martial, the sentence of which in¬ 
volves confinement for a period exceeding ten days, on diminished 
rations, or on bread and water, his opinion as to whether the in¬ 
fliction of such sentence would produce serious injury to the 
health of the person sentenced, in form as follows: “ From an ex¬ 
amination of-, and of the place where he is to be confined, 

I am of the opinion that the execution of the, foregoing sentence 
will (not) produce serious injury to his health.” 


Certificates of 
death. 


Medical store¬ 
room. 


Custody of 
spirits, wines, 
and malt liq¬ 
uors. 


Reports of epi¬ 
demic or conta¬ 
gious diseases. 


Duty in con¬ 
nection with 
summary courts- 
martial. 




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Absence or dis- 2968. Iii the absence, or during the disability, of the medical 
officer of the ship the medical officer next in rank on board shall 
perform his duties. 


Section 4 : —Junior Medical Officers. 


General duty. 


To keep the 
health records. 


To consult 
with the med¬ 
ical officer. 


Permission to 
leave the ship. 


2976. (1) Junior medical officers shall at all times conform to 
the directions of the medical officer of the ship in regard to the pro¬ 
fessional treatment, care, and comfort of the sick and wounded, to 
whom they shall be unremitting in their attention, and shall exact 
from those under their direction a rigid performance of their 
duties. 

(2) They shall fully assure themselves that the medicines are 
properly dispensed and administered by members of the Hospital 
Corps, who shall record in writing all drugs so administered. 

2977. Junior medical officers shall, subject to the direction of 
the medical officer of the ship, keep the health records and super¬ 
vise the preparation of the regular reports and returns unless the 
medical officer prefers to perform this duty himself. (Art. 
I. 3251.) 

2978. Junior medical officers shall keep the medical officer of 
the ship fully informed as to the condition of all patients and 
shall frequently consult with him in regard to their professional 
treatment. 

2979. They shall, before applying for leave to be absent from 
the ship, obtain the permission of the medical officer. Should that 
officer refuse such permission, he shall report his reasons to the 
commanding officer. 


Section 5.—Naval Medical Reserve Corps. 


Qualificatio n s 
for appoint- 
ment. 


Examinations. 


Uniforms of. 


2981. A candidate for appointment in the Naval Medical Re¬ 
serve Corps must be between twenty-two and forty-five years of 
age and a citizen of the United States. He must be a graduate of 
a reputable medical school, legally authorized to confer the degree 
of doctor of medicine, and must have qualified to practice medicine 
in the State or Territory in which he resides. 

2982. Appointment to this corps is made by the President upon 
the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy after the candi¬ 
date has passed the prescribed examinations. Permission to appear 
for examination must be obtained by application to the Bureau of 
Navigation through the Surgeon General. 

2983. Examinations will be conducted by officers of the Medical 
Corps of the Navy. 

2981. When on active duty, officers of the Naval Medical Re¬ 
serve Corps shall be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders 
for the government of the regular Navy in the same manner as 
officers of corresponding rank in the Medical Corps. 

2985. The officers of the Medical Reserve Corps will not be 
required to wear uniform except when assigned to active duty, but 
officers on the nonactive list may wear uniform on appropriate 
occasions. 

2986. (1) The Medical Reserve Corps of the Navy will consist 
in time of peace of not more than 300 medical officers not candi¬ 
dates for the Medical Corps, and exclusive of those not subject to 
call for duty under the terms of the law. 

(2) Officers of the Naval Medical Reserve Corps when 55 years 
of age will be honorably discharged from the Medical Reserve 
Corps. This regulation shall not apply to officers now holding 


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appointment in the Medical Reserve Corps until after five years 
from date of appointment. 

(3) Every officer of the Medical Reserve Corps will, on appoint¬ 
ment, be required to bind himself to be subject to the laws and 
regulations governing said corps, and to perform active duty in 
the Navy when called upon, at any time during a period of at least 
five years from date of appointment; during which period such 
officer will not be honorably discharged from the Medical Reserve 
Corps except for physical disability, or in the event that his services 
should be no longer required. This regulation, however, is not to 
prevent any officer who desires to do so from submitting his resig¬ 
nation at any time. After five years from elate of appointment 
the resignation of any officer of the Medical Reserve Corps will, 
in the absence of special circumstances, be accepted when sub¬ 
mitted. However, the acceptance of an officer’s resignation is in 
all cases discretionary with the President. 

(4) Officers of the Medical Reserve Corps will be required to 
report by letter to the Navy Department once in six months their 
latest address and their physical fitness to take military duty. 

(5) Any officer of the Medical Reserve Corps who reports him¬ 
self as physically unfit for military service in three successive 
reports will be honorably discharged from the Medical Reserve 
Corps. 

(6) When an officer of the Medical Reserve Corps is ordered to 
active duty, as soon as possible after reporting at his first station 
he shall undergo a physical examination to determine his physical 
fitness for active duty. When detached from active duty he shall 
likewise be given a physical examination by a medical officer of 
the ship or station to which he is attached, and the findings will 
be entered in his health record, which record shall be closed and 
forwarded to the department (Bureau of Medicine and Surgery). 

(7) Once each six months when the officers of the Medical Re¬ 
serve Corps report on their physical condition, they will also re¬ 
port on the amount of time that they would consider necessary for 
the arrangement of their affairs prior to accepting active service 
in terms as follows: (1) At once; (2) within one month; (3) 
within two months; (4) within three months. 

(8) A limited number of officers of the Medical Reserve Corps, 
not over 45 years of age, who may desire to perfect themselves in 
tire customs and usages of the service and their medico-military 
duties, may, upon their own application, in the discretion of the 
Secretary of the Navy, be permitted to attend the Naval Medical 
School during the regular or special sessions. Officers thus at¬ 
tending the school will not be considered as on active duty, but 
will be subject to naval regulations while at that institution. 
They will receive no pay and will have to bear their own travel¬ 
ing and living expenses, but there will be no charge for tuition or 
material used at the school. 

Section 6.—Naval Dental Corps. 

2987. Permission to appear for examination for appointment in 
the Dental Corps must be obtained by application to the Bureau 
of Navigation through the Surgeon General. 

29S8. No candidate shall receive an appointment or commission 
in the Dental Corps unless he shall have passed the prescribed 
physical, professional, moral, and mental examinations. 


Qualifications 
for appoint- 
meat. 


14& 


Examinations. 


Duties. 


Dental prop¬ 
erty. 


Acting dental 
surgeons. 


0 

2980. The physical examination shall be conducted by a board 
consisting of not less than three medical officers. 

2990. The professional, moral, and mental examinations shall 
be conducted by a board consisting of one medical officer, who 
shall be senior member thereof, and two officers of the Dental 
Corps. 

2991. Dental officers shall be assigned to the medical depart¬ 
ment of the ship or station to which they may be attached, under 
the general supervision of the medical officer. They shall not be 
called upon to assume any of the professional duties or responsi¬ 
bilities of medical officers. The professional services of dental 
officers shall be available only for officers and men on the active 
list of the Navy and Marine Corps, and such services are re¬ 
stricted to those measures which will most effectively and 
economically preserve the teeth of the personnel and insure phys¬ 
ical fitness. 

2992. They shall be unremitting in attention to members of the 
naval personnel who may be patients under their care, and shall 
exact from those under their direction a rigid performance of 
their duties. 

2993. They shall keep the medical officer fully informed as to 
the condition of all patients, and promptly notify him of any case 
which may require medical attention. 

2994. They shall keep a record of patients treated and all 
dental work performed and submit the same to the medical officer 
for incorporation in the prescribed medical reports and returns. 

2995. Dental officers will receipt for all dental property under 
their charge and will be accountable for its care and preservation. 
They shall not be released from responsibility for the value of 
any dental instruments or furniture unless the expenditure shall 
have been authorized by the bureau or a board of survey. 

299G. In making requisitions and returns of dental property, 
dental officers will follow the instructions and regulations govern¬ 
ing medical officers under similar circumstances. 

2997. Acting dental surgeons may be appointed for temporary 
service after such examination as the Secretary of the Navy may 
prescribe. 


Section 7.—Naval Dental Reseeve Corps. 

2998. (1) The Dental Reserve Corps of the Navy will consist 
in time of peace of not more than 30 dental officers not candidates 
for the Dental Corps and exclusive of those not subject to call for 
duty under the law. 

(2) Officers of the Naval Dental Reserve Corps when 55 years 
of age will be honorably discharged from the Dental Reserve 
Corps. This regulation shall not apply to officers now holding ap¬ 
pointment in the Dental Reserve Corps. 

(3) Every officer of the Dental Reserve Corps will, on appoint¬ 
ment, be required to bind himself to be subject to the laws and 
regulations governing said corps, and to perform active duty in 
the Navy when called upon, at any time during a period of at 
least 5 years from date of appointment, during which period such 
officer will not be honorably discharged from the Dental Reserve 
Corps except for physical disability, or in the event that his serv¬ 
ices should be no longer required. This regulation, however, is 
not to prevent any officer who desires to do so from submitting 
his resignation at any time. After 5 years from date of appoint¬ 
ment the resignation of any officer of the Dental Reserve Corps 


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will, in the absence of special circumstances, be accepted when 
submitted. However, tlie acceptance of an officer’s resignation 
is in all cases discretionary with the President. 

(4) Officers of the Dental Reserve Corps will be required to 
report by letter to the Navy Department once in 6 months their 
latest address and their physical fitness to take military duty. 

(5) Any officer of the Dental Reserve Corps who reports himself 
as physically unfit for military service in three successive reports 
will be honorably discharged from the Dental Reserve Corps. 

(6) When an officer of the Dental Reserve Corps is ordered to 
active duty, as soon as possible after reporting at his first station 
he shall undergo a physical examination to determine his physical 
fitness for active duty. When detached from active duty he shall 
likewise be given a physical examination by a medical officer of 
the ship or station to which he is attached, and the findings will 
be entered in his health record, which record shall be closed and 
forwarded to the department (Bureau of Medicine and Surgery). 

(7) Once each 6 months when the officers of the Dental Reserve 
Corps report on their physical condition, they will also report 
on the amount of time that they would consider necessary for the 
arrangement of their affairs prior to accepting active service in 
terms as follows: (1) At once; (2) within 1 month; (3) within 
2 months; (4) within 3 months. 


CHAPTER 29. 


OTPIER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE NAVY. 

Section 1.—Chaplains. 

3102. The chaplain shall always report at quarters when on 
board. His duty in battle is to aid the wounded, and his station at 
quarters for battle and for inspection shall be as the commanding 
officer may direct. 


CHAPTER 30. 


COMMISSIONED WARRANT OFFICERS AND WARRANT 

OFFICERS. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 21.) 

Section 1.—Definition of Titles. 

3201. Commissioned warrant officers in the Navy are chief boat¬ 
swains, chief gunners, chief machinists, chief carpenters, chief pay 
clerks, chief sailmakers, and chief pharmacists. 

3202. (1) Warrant officers in the Navy are boatswains, gun¬ 
ners machinists, carpenters, pay clerks, sailmakers, and pharm¬ 
acists. 

(2) Warrant officers in the Marine Corps are marine gunners 
and quartermaster clerks. 


At quarters. 


Titles. 






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General du¬ 
ties. 


Appointments 
made subject to 
examination. 


Candidates for 
assistant sur¬ 
geon. 


Candidates for 
assistant pay¬ 
master. 


Candidates for 
chaplain. 


Candidates for 
assistant c i v i 1 
engineer from 
civil life. 


Section 7.—Chief Phabmacists and Phabmacists. 

3236. The chief pharmacist or pharmacist shall act as an assist¬ 
ant to the medical officer of the ship, and shall perform such other 
duties as may be assigned him. 


CHAPTEK 31. 


APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. 

Section 1.—Appointments. 

3301. No person shall be appointed to any office in the Navy 
unless he is a citizen of the United States nor until he shall have 
passed a physical, a mental, and a professional examination. (See 
sec. 1428, R. S.) 

(2) The physical examination shall precede the mental and pro¬ 
fessional, and if a candidate be physically unfit he shall not be 
examined otherwise. 

(3) The oath to be taken by any person appointed to any office 
of honor or profit in the naval service shall be as prescribed in 
section 1757 of the Revised Statutes. (Act of May 13, 1884.) 

3305. (1) A candidate for the office of assistant surgeon must 
be not less than twenty-one' nor more than thirty years of age. 
His physical, moral, mental, and professional tiualifications shall 
be decided upon by a board of medical officers. 

(2) Acting assistant surgeons may be appointed for temporary 
service after such examination as the Secretary of the Navy may 
prescribe. 

3306. (1) A candidate' for the office of assistant paymaster 
must be not less than twenty-one nor more than twenty-six years 
of age. His physical, mental, and moral qualifications shall be 
decided upon by a board of officers of the Pay Corps. 

(2) The physical examination of the candidates shall be' con¬ 
ducted by a board of medical officers, who shall report the result 
thereof to the board of officers of the Pay Corps, certifying as to 
the physical qualifications of the candidate for appointment as 
assistant paymaster, and such report shall form a part of the 
record of said board of officers of the Pay Corps. 

3307. (2) The physical examination of the candidate (for the 
office of chaplain) shall be conducted by a board of medical 
officers. 

3309. A candidate from civil life for the office of assistant civil 
engineer must be not less than twenty-four nor more than thirty 
years of age; he must furnish evidence of good moral character, 
that he is a skilled engineer, and that he has been engaged in the 
practice of that profession; and he must present favorable testi¬ 
monials or certificates from those under whom he may have 
served. He shall be required to pass a physical examination and 
such mental and professional examinations as the Navy Depart¬ 
ment may direct. (See R. 3308 (1).) 





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3315. Each candidate (for the office of machinist) shall be 
required to pass a satisfactory examination before a board of 
naval medical officers as to his physical fitness for the service. 

3317. (1) A candidate for appointment as pharmacist must be 
serving under acting or permanent appointment as a chief pharma¬ 
cist’s mate, have served at least three years in the Navy as an 
enlisted man, at least two years of which service must have been 
performed on board a cruising vessel, preference being given ro 
men who have been honorably discharged and whose service has 
been continuous. The average of his marks taken from all his 
service records must be not less than 85 per cent, and there must 
be on file in the Bureau of Navigation letters of recommendation 
from commanding and medical officers under whom he is serving. 
No person shall be appointed a pharmacist unless his accumulated 
previous service in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, together 
with his possible future service prior to attaining the age of 64 
years, will amount to at least 30 years. 

(2) The examination of a chief pharmacist’s mate for promo¬ 
tion to pharmacist shall be conducted by a board consisting, when 
practicable, of two medical officers and one pharmacist. The men¬ 
tal and moral examination shall include the previous record of the 
candidate, his general education, and proof that he is conversant 
with the clerical duties pertaining to the medical department of 
the Navy as well as the management of sick bays and hospital 
wards. His professional examination shall be oral, written, and 
practical, and shall include pharmacy, materia medica, toxicology, 
chemistry, minor surgery, hygiene, and the examination of foods. 
He shall be required to demonstuate, both practically and theoreti¬ 
cally, a thorough familiarity with the current pharmacopoeia, more 
particularly its pharmacy and materia medica; a knowledge of 
chemistry sufficient to enable him to make qualitative analysis, 
uninvolved volumetric quantitative estimations (for the latter 
books are permitted), and urinalyses; a knowledge of minor oper¬ 
ations, applications of splints, bandages, etc.; and he shall be 
required to show that he is well informed regarding the com¬ 
missary duty at hospitals, and, further, to show his ability in the 
inspection of foods, such as meats, fish, poultry, etc., and the deter¬ 
mining of preservatives and adulterants in milk, butter, jellies, 
coffee, sugar, and canned vegetables and fruits. 

3318. After original vacancies have been filled a candidate for 
appointment as a marine gunner or quartermaster clerk must be 
under the age of 35 years. He must have served at least one full 
four-year term of enlistment in the Marine Corps and have been 
discharged therefrom with an excellent character, and must hold a 
warrant as a noncommissioned officer at time of examination. The 
average of his markings for total service, exclusive of markings 
received as a recruit under training at a recruit depot, must be not 
less than 874 per cent of the maximum, and there must be filed with 
his application for examination letters of recommendation from 
officers with whom he has served. 

3319. Any person who fails to present himself for examination 
after having obtained permission shall be considered as having 
forfeited his right to appear. 

3320. Any candidate who gives a false certificate of age, time 
of service, or character, or makes a false statement to a board 
of examiners shall be regarded as disqualified. 

3321. Every person, on receiving an appointment from the Navy 
Department to any office in the Navy, shall immediately forward a 
letter of acceptance, together with the oath of office duly signed 
and certified. 


Candidates for 
machinist. 


Candidates for 
pharmacist. 


C. N. R. 5. 


Persons not 
presenting them¬ 
selves for exami¬ 
nation. 

Penalty for 
giving false cer¬ 
tificates, etc. 

Acceptance 
and oath. 


96220—17-11 


152 


Nurse Corps 3322. (1) The Nurse Corps (female) shall consist of one super- 
(female). intenclent, appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, whose term of 

office may be terminated at his discretion; and of as many chief 
nurses, nurses, and reserve nurses, as may be needed. 

Appointments (2) All nurses in the corps shall be appointed, or removed, by 
to Nurse Corps the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary of the 
(female). Navy. They shall be graduates of hospital training schools having 

a course of instruction of not less than two years, The appoint¬ 
ment of superintendent, chief nurses, nurses, and reserve nurses 
shall be subject to an examination as to their professional, moral, 
mental, and physical fitness. 

Duties. (3) The superintendent of the Nurse Corps, under the direction 

of the Surgeon General, shall have general supervision of the 
corps, and her duties and the duties of chief nurses and nurses 
shall be as prescribed by the Surgeon General. All members of 
the Nurse Corps (female) shall be eligible for duty at naval hos¬ 
pitals and on board of hospital and ambulance ships, and for such 
special duty as may be deemed necessary by the Surgeon General 
of the Navy. All details for duty in the Nurse Corps shall be 
made by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, except in the case 
of details involving travel, all orders for which shall be submitted 
to the Bureau of Navigation. Reserve nurses may be assigned to 
active duty when the necessities of the service demand. 

Pay and al* (4) Members of the Nurse Corps shall receive no compensation 
lowances. except when on active duty. The superintendent, chief nurses, 

and nurses shall, respectively, receive the same pay, allowances, 
emoluments, and privileges as are now, or may hereafter be pro¬ 
vided by or in pursuance of law for the Nurse Corps (female) of 
the Army. Nurses are forbidden to receive presents from patients 
or from relatives or friends of patients for services rendered when 
on duty. (Act of May 13, 1908.) 

(5) The authority of a nurse, necessary for the performance of 
duty to which she may be assigned, shall be duly recognized and 
enforced. 

Section 2.—Promotions. 

Officers of the 3331. All officers of the Navy, to be eligible for promotion, shall 
Navy ‘ pass such professional, moral, mental, and physical examination 

as the Secretary of the Navy may from time to time prescribe. 
(Secs. 1493-1510, R. S.) 

Officers of the 3332. (1) Promotions to every grade of commissioned officers 
Marine Corps. j n the Marine Corps below the grade of commandant shall be 
made in the same manner and under the same conditions as now 
are or may hereafter be prescribed, in pursuance of law, for com¬ 
missioned officers of the Army. (Act of July 28, 1892.) 

(2) Officers of the Marine Corps above the grade of captain, 
except major general, shall, before being promoted, be subject to 
such physical, mental, and moral examination as is now or may 
hereafter be prescribed by law for other officers of the Marine 
Corps. (Act of Mar. 3, 1899, amended by act May 13, 1908.) 

Examination 3333. When a vacancy occurs which will entitle to promotion 
on foreign sta- an officer who is abroad on duty, he may, by direction of the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy, be examined on a foreign station. 


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CHAPTER 32. 


PETTY OFFICERS AND CREW. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 22.) 

3402. (1) The yeoman and the hospital steward shall exercise Yeoman and 
vigilance and care over the stores to which they have access. hospital steward. 

(2) They shall keep such accounts of public stores as may be 
prescribed from time to time. 

(3) They shall see that the regulations concerning lights in 
the storerooms to which they have access are strictly observed, 
and that every precaution is taken to prevent lire or other acci¬ 
dent. 


CHAPTER 33. 


ENLISTMENTS, RATINGS, TRANSFERS, DISCHARGES, ETC. 

Section 3.—Enlistments. 

3523. (1) Every person before being enlisted shall pass the 
physical examination prescribed in the medical instructions; and 
no one shall be enlisted unless pronounced lit by the commanding 
and medical officers, except by special authority in each case from 
the Navy Department. 

(2) Finger prints of every person enlisted shall be taken on the 
prescribed form and transmitted to the department (Bureau of 
Navigation). 

(3) In the case of a person having physical disabilities who has 
been enlisted by order of the Navy Department, the physical con¬ 
dition of such enlisted man must be fully described in the service 
and health records, in order that no improper claims for pensions 
may be allowed. 

(4) Each recruit shall be required to declare on oath, in pres¬ 
ence of the commanding officer of the ship or rendezvous, that he 
makes a true statement of his age to the best of his knowledge 

nai 


Examiua lion 
of recruits. 


Identificat 1 o n 
records. 


Persons with 
physical disabili¬ 
ties enlisted. 


Statement o f 
age. 


and belief, and shall be required to sign his full name to the ship¬ 
ping articles. 

3524. (2) No minor under the age of fourteen years, no insane 
or intoxicated person, and no person who has deserted in time of 
war from the naval or military service of the United States or 
who has deserted from the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be en¬ 
listed in the naval service. (Sec. 1420, R. S., and act of May 26, 
1906.) 

3525. (1) First enlistment in the Navy shall be made only in 
the ratings of the following table and between the ages therein 
specified for the different ratings: 


Who may not 
be enlisted. 


Ratings in 
which first en¬ 
listment may be 
made. 


Rating. 


Years of 
age. 


Hospital apprentices, first class, 
Hospital apprentices.. 


21 to 28 
18 to 25 


















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(12) In the Hospital Corps, with the exception of hospital ap¬ 
prentices. all first enlistments shall be made upon the recommen¬ 
dation of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Any person 
within the prescribed age limits and otherwise qualified may be 
enlisted as a hospital apprentice without specific authority from 
the department, provided he has satisfactorily passed an examina¬ 
tion before a medical officer of the Navy. A candidate for first 
enlistment as a hospital apprentice, first class, for duty as such, 
or as a hospital apprentice, first class, for acting appointment as 
hospital steward, shall be enlisted only upon the authority of 
the Bureau of Navigation on the recommendation of the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Every candidate for enlist¬ 
ment in the Hospital Corps, except for hospital apprentice, shall 
address an application to the department (Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery), giving name in full, date of birth, nativity, citizen¬ 
ship, general education, hospital experience (if any), and whether 
a graduate of a training school for nurses. Upon receipt of a 
permit, he must satisfactorily pass a professional examination 
before one or more medical officers of the Navy prior to enlist¬ 
ment. A candidate from civil life for the position of hospital 
steward shall be enlisted as a hospital apprentice, first class, and 
given an acting appointment as a hospital steward. He shall be 
a graduate of a recognized college of pharmacy or registered by a 
State board of pharmacy. If practicable, all men upon first en¬ 
listment in the Hospital Corps, shall be given a course' of instruc¬ 
tion in a naval hospital before being sent for service on board a 
seagoing ship. 

(13) Records of enlistment in the Hospital Corps, and all other 
papers relating thereto, shall be referred by the Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for information 
and to afford an opportunity for recommendation; and an exam¬ 
ination report on a form prepared by the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery and approved by the Bureau of Navigation shall be 
recorded in both bureaus in every case of enlistment. 

Beenlistmcnt. 3526. A reenlistment in the Navy may be made in any one of 
* the ratings shown in the table for first enlistments without regard 
to age limits, provided the applicant is physically and otherwise 
qualified for enlistment in that rating. 

Continuous- 3527. (1) Every person who, upon the expiration or within 
service men. three months before the expiration of a term of enlistment or 
extended enlistment, holds an honorable discharge or a continu¬ 
ous-service certificate upon which there is endorsed an “ honor¬ 
able ” or “ ordinary ” discharge, with recommendation for reen¬ 
listment, shall, on presenting himself for reenlistment at any naval 
rendezvous or receiving ship, or on board any cruising ship not 
in the presence of a rendezvous or receiving ship, within four 
months from the date of his discharge as shown thereon, be im¬ 
mediately reenlisted, regardless of complement, provided he is 
physically and otherwise qualified and answers to the descriptive 
list of his discharge. (For bounty and extra pay, see art. 
R. 4427 (22).) 

(2) In computing the four months referred to in this article 
and in articles II. 3528, R. 3529, R. 3532, and 11. 4427 (22) the date 


of discharge shall not be included. 

Continuous- 3528. Should any person eligible for continuous service, as 
service men defined in article R. 3527 (1), be found physically disqualified for 
physically dis - reenlistment a copy of the record of his medical examination shall 
t<ua iiied. ) je forwarded immediately to the Navy Department with the 


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recommendations of the medical and commanding offict^. Pend¬ 
ing a reply from the department, the discharge shall be held by 
the recruiting officer, and the owner may, if he so elect, remain 
during such time on board ship. 

8520. (1) Any man who, having been honorably discharged, or 
discharged with a recommendation for reenlistment, shall within 
four months thereafter reenlist for four years, shall receive in 
exchange for his discharge a continuous-service certificate; and 
any man who shall have agreed to extend his term of enlistment 
for an aggregate of four full years shall receive, after completing 
the original four years for which enlisted, a continuous-service 
certificate covering that period. 

(2) When said discharge is surrendered for exchange, the date 
of reenlistment shall be indorsed in red ink across its face, over 
the signature of the commanding officer of the ship or rendezvous 
where the man reenlisted, and also the amount of the gratuity 
credited to his account, over the signature of the officer of the 
Pay Corps. The discharge shall then be forwarded to the Bureau 
of Navigation. 

(3) In the case of a four-year extension of enlistment, the ex¬ 
tension agreement that completes the aggregate of four years shall 
be indorsed in red ink across its face with the words either (a) 
“Otherwise entitled to honorable discharge,” or (6) “otherwise 
entitled to ordinary discharge, recommended for reenlistment,” 
according to the character of the man’s service up to the date of 
the said extension agreement. This indorsement shall be authen¬ 
ticated by the signature of the commanding officer. In the case 
of (a) above, the amount of the four months’ gratuity credited 
shall be noted and signed, as prescribed above in paragraph (2) 
for a discharge; and if the man is recommended for a good- 
conduct medal, the notation “ Recommended for good-conduct 
medal ” shall also be made, and authenticated by a second signa¬ 
ture of the commanding officer. The same indorsements shall be 
entered and authenticated in the same way on the man’s service 
record and continuous-service certificate. 

3530. (1) Continuous-service certificates shall be prepared and 
issued by the Bureau of Navigation to men who make application 
for and are entitled thereto upon receipt of the discharge from the 
commanding officer of the ship or rendezvous where the men 
reenlist. The increase of pay for continuous service shall begin 
immediately upon reenlistment for service under an extension of 
enlistment, immediately subsequent to the date of expiration of 
the four-year term upon which the extension was made. 

(2) When a man holding a continuous-service certificate is reen¬ 
listed, the recruiting officer shall cause the place of reenlistment 
to be indicated on the man’s continuous-service certificate, using 
columns I, 2, 3, and 10, utilizing one line only. 

(3) When a man holding a continuous-service certificate is dis¬ 
charged, the commanding officer will fill out all columns, except 2 
and 3, utilizing one line only. 

(4) No entry of any extension should appear on a continuous- 
service certificate, except when an extension aggregates four 
years, and such entry will be made only under “ Pay officer’s 
certificate.” 

(5) The residence at the date of reenlistment must be noted on 
the line where the man’s name appears on the page showing 
“ Descriptive list.” The residence at the date of enlistment, or 


Exchange o f 
discharge for 
continuous-serv¬ 
ice certificate. 


Conti nuous* 
service certifi¬ 
cates issued hy 
Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation. 


home address, of an enlisted man shall not be changed on his 
service record or continuous-service certificate except by au¬ 
thority of the Bureau of Navigation. This information is required 
in order to determine the place to which an enlisted man is enti¬ 
tled to transportation on discharge—whether to place of enlist¬ 
ment, if discharged on expiration of enlistment; or to place of 
residence, if discharged for physical disability. 

(6) If a man be in a hospital not a naval hospital when his 
ship is about to depart, and there is no prospect of the immediate 
arrival of another United States vessel in the port, he shall be 
ordered upon his recovery to report, preferably by telegraph, to 
the Bureau of Navigation for instructions. He shall be given 
sufficient money from the amount due him to defray his necessary 
expenses, and he shall be instructed to keep a written account 
thereof upon which to base a claim for reimbursement. He shall 
request the surgeon in charge to furnish him with a certificate of 
the dates of admission to and discharge from the hospital. 

(7) When he has not sufficient money due him, the United 
States consul, if there be one, and, if none, then the surgeon in 
charge of the hospital, shall be requested to take charge of him, 
and upon his recovery to ask instruction, preferably by telegraph, 
of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, as to what dispo¬ 
sition shall be made of him, in which case the Bureau of Naviga¬ 
tion will provide the necessary funds. 

(8) The pay of an enlisted man when at a hospital in the 
United States ceases when his term of enlistment expires, and he 
shall be given his discharge upon the expiration of his enlistment. 
He may be retained for treatment. When at a hospital on a for¬ 
eign station, his pay continues until he is regularly discharged 
from the service, even after his term of enlistment has expired. 
(Art. R. 4532 (2).) 

(9) Persons transferred to the naval hospital at Philadelphia 
shall be directed to report to the governor of the Naval Home. 


Section 4.—Service Records. 


Prepared a t 
place of enlist¬ 
ment. 


3541. A service record, which is to accompany each person dur¬ 
ing his term of enlistment, must be prepared at the rendezvous or 
on board the vessel where the enlistment is made. It must be 


signed by the medical officer and by the recruiting officer making 
the enlistment, and if made on board ship approved by the com¬ 
manding officer. 

Entries npon 3542. (1) The service record shall give the full name, including 
all Christian names, of every person enlisted in the first entry of 
the first and final sheets; 


(2) A full description of the physical condition of every person 
having physical disabilities whose enlistment has been authorized 
by the department. 

Entries during 3544. (1) The following entries shall be made on the service 
record, and the instructions contained thereon must be carefully 
complied with: 

(8) (e) Hospital Corps—Nursing and first-aid bandaging; in 
addition, hospital stewards and hospital apprentices, first class, 
shall be marked in pharmaceutical ability and clerical ability. 


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Section 5.— Ratings and Disratings. 

5551. (7) Members of the Hospital Corps must pass satisfac-,, Hospital 
torily a physical and professional examination before one or more iori>s ' 
medical officers prior to promotion; and an examination report on 
the form prepared by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and 
approved by the Bureau of Navigation shall be recorded in both 
bureaus in every case of promotion. 

(8) Enlisted men in the Navy and Marine Corps are eligible for 
transfer to the Hospital Corps, upon the recommendation of the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery approved by the Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation. With the exception of transfers to the rate of hospital 
apprentice, every person so transferred must first successfully pass 
the examination prescribed in the preceding paragraph. 

3552. When a man is selected for the position of a petty officer, # Appointments 
the commanding officer shall issue to him an appointment, which issned * 

may be revoked at any time by the commanding officer of the ship 
on board which he is serving, should the petty officer prove not 
qualified for the position he may be holding. Petty officers shall 
receive the pay of the rating designated in their appointments, ex¬ 
cept as provided in article R. 3553 (2). 

3553. (1) When a chief petty officer has served satisfactorily Permanent sp¬ 
in all respects under an appointment issued by his commanding pointments. 
officer for a probationary period of 12 months, and has not less 

than an average of 3.5 each in proficiency and conduct for at least 
two years, the commanding officer shall recommend him to the 
department for a permanent appointment and submit his record. 

Permanent appointments will be issued by the Bureau of Naviga¬ 
tion to chief petty officers only after their fitness for promotion 
has been shown before a board consisting of three officers not 
attached to the ship on which the candidate is serving, or, in the 
case of a hospital steward, before a board similarly composed of 
medical officers. The examination shall show that the appli¬ 
cant is in all respects fitted under such conditions as the Bureau 
of Navigation may prescribe to fill the rating in which he seeks a 
permanent appointment. 

(2) Chief petty officers who reenlisted under permanent ap¬ 
pointments issued prior to July 1, 1903, and those who have act¬ 
ing appointments will draw the lower rate of pay until such time 
as they qualify by examination and are given permanent appoint¬ 
ments. 

Section 6.—Transfers. 

3581. (1) The transfer of an enlisted man from one ship or From one ship 
station to another, other than as provided for in articles I. 1306, other'. 11011 an * 
R. 3582, shall only be made as follows: 

(a) In home ports, by order of the Bureau of Navigation. 

(&) In foreign waters, by order of the commander in chief or 
a squadron commander on detached service, when the interests of 
the service require it. 

(2) Transfers for temporary service between the ships of a 
fleet or squadron may be made at any time by the commander in 
chief or the senior officer present. 

(3) All transfers, whether permanent or for temporary service, 
shall be reported to the Bureau of Navigation. 


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(4) Men enlisted in the insular force shall not be detailed for 
duty on vessels other than those on the station where the men 
enlisted, and upon such vessel leaving the station men belonging 
to the insular force shall be transferred to a vessel remaining on 
the station, unless they make request in writing to remain on the 
vessel to which attached and to be discharged wherever the ves¬ 
sel may be at expiration of enlistment. Such request must be 
witnessed as called for in paragraph 5, Art. It. 3604, and attached 
to the man’s service record. 

(5) All men about to be transferred shall be sent for physical 
examination to the medical officer, who shall make the requisite 
entries on the health records. Those found to be suffering from 
infections, contagious, or active venereal disease which, in the 
opinion of the medical officer, would constitute a menace to the 
health of other persons, shall not be transferred, except in an 
emergency, when the medical officer shall submit a full report 
thereon with such recommendations as he may deem advisable. 
This report shall accompany the men on transfer to another ship 
or station. (Art. R. 2961 (3).) 

Removal of 3582. (1) Sick persons may be sent to a hospital at any time 
sick to hospital. U p 0n ^ ie recommendation of the medical officer of the ship or of 
a board of medical survey, approved by the commanding officer. 
(Art. R. 2961.) 

Tuberculosis (2) All cases of tuberculosis occurring on board seagoing ships 
ease8, which are recommended for transfer to the naval hospital at Las 

Animas, Colorado, must be sent first to the nearest naval hospital 
for further disposition as directed by the Navy Department. 

Accounts of (3) When any petty officer or enlisted person is sent from a 
men sent to lios- s ;hip or station to a United States naval hospital at home or abroad 
p a * for duty or for treatment, his accounts and other papers shall be 

sent direct to that hospital. The medical officer in command of 
the hospital shall forward the pay accounts to the supply officer 
of the nearest receiving or station ship, and such supply officer 
shall comply with the orders of the medical officer in command of 
the hospital in such matters pertaining to changes of rating, pay, 
etc., as is done in similar cases for commanding officers of vessels 
whose accounts the supply officer has in charge. 

(4) When such transfer is made to a hospital not a naval hos¬ 
pital, his accounts and other papers shall be retained on board, 
and such transfer shall not be considered as creating a vacancy 
until the ship to which he has been attached sails from the vicin¬ 
ity of the hospital. When a man is thus left he shall be furnished 
with his accounts and a copy of his service record, and the original 
of his service record shall be sent to the Bureau of Navigation. 

(5) Where any petty officer or enlisted person is sent tempo¬ 
rarily for treatment from a naval prison, disciplinary barracks, 
naval magazine, shore station, yard craft, receiving ship, or ves¬ 
sel, under the jurisdiction of a commandant, to a hospital under 
his jurisdiction, and where the same officer carries the accounts 
of both stations, the only transfer papers required will be Form G, 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Such persons will be carried as 
supernumeraries for rations by the commanding officer and officer 
carrying the accounts of the hospital and will be returned to. the 
station or vessel from which received as soon as their condition 
will permit. 


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(6) If a man be in a hospital not a naval hospital when his ship Orders upon 
is about to depart, and there is no prospect of the immediate ^ e ^ ve . r J 
arrival of another United States vessel in the port, he shall be hospital, 
ordered upon his recovery to report, preferably by telegraph, to 

the Bureau of Navigation for instructions. He shall be given suffi¬ 
cient money from the amount due him to defray his necessary 
expenses, and he shall be instructed to keep a written account 
thereof upon which to base a claim for reimbursement. He shall 
request the surgeon in charge to furnish him with a certificate 
of the dates of admission to and discharge from the hospital. 

(7) When he has not sufficient money due him, the United 
States consul, if there be one, and, if none, then the surgeon in 
charge of the hospital, shall be requested to take charge of him, 
and upon his recovery to ask instruction, preferably by telegraph, 
of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, as to what dis¬ 
position shall be made of him, in which case the Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation will provide the necessary funds. 

(8) The pay of an enlisted man when at a hospital in the Pay while in 
United States ceases when his term of enlistment expires, and he hosp]l a ' 
shall be given his discharge upon the expiration of his enlistment. 

He may be retained for treatment. When at a hospital on a 
foreign station, his pay continues until he is regularly discharged 
from the service, even after his term of enlistment has expired. 

(Art. R. 4532 (2).) 

(9) Persons transferred to the naval hospital at Philadelphia If 8 ® nt to 
shall be directed to report to the governor of the Naval Home. Philadelphia. 1 ’ 

3585. (1) In every case of transfer of a man from one ship or Transfer pa- 
station to another the following papers shall be transmitted : P ers * 

(«) Service record, health record, and continuous service cer¬ 
tificate if the man has one, with all entries to date of transfer, 
all signed by the proper officers as indicated thereon. (Art. 

R. 3544 (4).) 

(?>) Clothing list. 


Section 7.—Dischaeges. 

3001. (9) All discharges from the Hospital Corps, except upon When entitled 
the expiration of term of enlistment or by sentence of a court-' 0 dischar & e * 
martial, shall be made by the Bureau of Navigation, after refer¬ 
ence to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for comment and 
recommendation. 

3005. Yeomen and members of the hospital corps shall not be Yeomen, 
discharg'd until the stores under their charge shall have been 
examined and satisfactorily accounted for. 

3000. (6) Men discharged by medical survey, if residents of the 
United States or of the insular possessions of the United States, 
shall at the time of their discharge be furnished transportation to 
their homes, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in 
lieu thereof. 

3007. (3) Men discharged before the expiration of enlistment 
upon recommendation of a medical survey for injuries received or 
disabilities incurred in line of duty, shall be given honorable dis¬ 
charges, provided their records warrant the same. All discharges 
upon recommendation of a medical survey shall show that the man 
was discharged for “ disability,” but the nature of the disability 
in no case must appear on the discharge. 


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Monthly 

money. 


Men in hos¬ 
pital. 


Liberty. 


Requirements 
for enlistment. 


Permission to 
leave the United 
States. 

Officers in 
chief command 
within the 
United States. 


Leave granted 
by the senior of¬ 
ficer present. 


Leave to offi¬ 
cers of ships of 
fleet at navy 
yard. 

Leave granted 
by commandant. 


3069. (4) No payment of money shall be made to any enlisted 
person of the Navy or Marine Corps at a hospital without the 
approval of the medical officer in command thereof. 

(5) No payment of money shall be made to any enlisted person 
of the Navy or Marine Corps under treatment at a hospital with¬ 
out the approval of the medical officer in command thereof. 

3670. (2) Whenever the local sanitary and other conditions 
permit, the senior officer present shall direct liberty to be granted 
indicating the hours for it, which shall apply uniformly to all 
vessels present. 

Unless the exigencies of the service or unhealthiness of the port 
prevent, no person shall be deprived of liberty on shore for more 
than twelve days unless he be confined by sentence of a court- 
martial, or under arrest for trial, or his usual conduct on shore is 
discreditable to the service. 

(3) Liberty shall not be granted to men who have contagious 

diseases. 

3685. (1) A person enlisted as apprentice seaman for the serv¬ 
ice must be between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five years, 
of robust frame, intelligent, of perfectly sound and healthy con¬ 
stitution, free from any physical defects or malformation, and not 
subject .to fits. 


CHAPTER 34. 


LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND LIBERTY. 

3701. Permission to leave the United States will be granted by 
the Secretary of the Navy only. 

3702. The commander in chief of a fleet or squadron within the 
United States, or the commandant of a navy yard or station, shall 
not absent himself from his command for a longer period than one 
week in any successive three months, except by permission of the 
Secretary of the Navy. 

3703. (1) The senior officer present, afloat, is authorized to 
grant leave of absence as follows: To officers, not to exceed ten 
days exclusive of travel time; to petty officers and enlisted men, 
in accordance with instructions that may be issued from time to 
time by the Bureau of Navigation. 

(2) Leave of absence to officers and enlisted men of ships of a 
fleet while at a navy yard shall be granted by the senior officer 
of the fleet present at that yard. 

(3) The commandant of a navy yard or station is authorized to 
grant leave of absence as follows: To officers attached to the yard 
or station, or serving on board the receiving or station ships, 
leave not to exceed ten days exclusive of travel time; to petty 
officers and enlisted men attached to the yard or station or serving 
on board the receiving or station ships leave in accordance with 
instructions that may be issued from time to time by the Bureau 
of Navigation; to enlisted men of the Marine Corps attached to 
the Marine barracks or station, or serving on board the receiving 
or station ships, furloughs not to exceed thirty days, exclusive of 
travel time. 




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3704. Permission granted orally to leave the ship or station 
temporarily, instead of formally authorized leave of absence, does 
not convey permission to leave the general vicinity of the port or 
station, unless especially so stated. Absence authorized in this 
manner shall not continue on the following day beyond forenoon 
quarters on board ship or the beginning of working hours at a 
shore station, unless an extension beyond such hour has been 
specifically authorized. 

3705. (1) The senior officer present shall indicate to command¬ 
ing officers of ships the extent of leave of absence and permission 
to leave the ship or liberty which they may grant to officers and 
enlisted men under their respective commands, without further 
reference to himself, due regard being had to pratique and other 
regulations of the port. 

(2) Leave to go beyond the immediate vicinity of the station 
or port shall not be granted to any person attached to a ship 
under sailing orders. 

(3) Every officer to whom leave is granted shall promptly re¬ 
port his return therefrom to the officer who granted it, in writing, 
giving the date of its commencement and stating the number of 
days of absence from station or duty, inclusive of travel time. 
(Art. R. 3709 (1).) 

3706. (1) The actual number of days of leave of absence taken 
by every officer under the provisions of article R. 3703 shall be 
immediately reported to the Navy Department (Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation) by the commanding officer of the ship or by the comman¬ 
dant of the station to which such officer is attached, and a signed 
copy of this report shall be furnished to the pay officer carrying 
the pay accounts of such officer. In special cases where an officer 
is serving at some place other than aboard ship or at a naval sta¬ 
tion, this report shall be made by the officer under whom the 
officer granted leave is serving. The report shall not be for¬ 
warded until after the leave has expired and the officer has 
returned to his station and duty. It shall show the date the leave 
began and the exact number of days absent; no report shall be 
made for a fraction of a day. The time required for an officer to 
travel to and from the place where his leave is spent shall be con¬ 
sidered as leave and shall be included in the report of days 
absent. 


“ Leave of ab¬ 
sence ” defined. 


Leave granted 
by commanding 
officer. 


Not granted 
when under sail¬ 
ing orders. 

Return to be 
reported. 


To be reported 
to department. 


Contents 

report. 


o f 


(2) If an officer be on duty abroad, or on a foreign station, and Leave from 
be granted leave for the purpose of visiting the United States, his duty abroad, 
leave begins from the date of his arrival therein, and expires on 

the date of his departure therefrom, and the dates of such arrival 
and departure must be reported to the department. 

(3) Leave of absence shall be granted in terms of months and Manner of 
days, as “ one month,” “ one month and ten days.” A leave of counting length 
absence begins on the day following that on which an officer de- of eavo * 
parts from his station or duty. The day of departure, whatever 

the hour, is counted as a day of duty; the day of return as a day 
of absence; except when such return is made before the regular 
hour for forenoon quarters on board ship or for beginning work 
at a shore station, in which case it shall not be counted as a day 
of absence. Leave for one month beginning on the first day of a 
calendar month, shall expire on the last day of the month, what¬ 
ever its number of days. Beginning on an intermediate day, the 
leave will expire on the day preceding the same day of the next 
month. 


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Loavc on ac- 3707. (1) No commanding officer of a sfiip, fleet, or naval sta- 
m’s” 1 ° f Sirk " shall grant permission to any person under his command to 
leave his station, or to return from abroad to the United States, 
on account of ill health, except upon the recommendation of a 
board of medical survey. 

(2) Requests for leave or detachment on account of ill health, 
when forwarded to the Navy Department, shall be accompanied 
by the report of a medical survey. 

(3) Officers on sick leave in consequence of medical survey 
shall report the state of their health to the department every fif¬ 
teen days. 

Restrictions of (4) When an officer not on duty applies for leave or for an ex- 
leave. tension of leave, on account of ill health, a medical board of sur¬ 

vey shall be held, if practicable, and a report made to the 
department; or, if that be impracticable, he shall forward the 
certificate of a reputable physician, stating that he is unable to 
perform duty, the nature of the disease, and its probable duration. 

(5) Officers on sick leave shall be examined physically to deter¬ 
mine their fitness for duty before resuming duty. 

3708. (1) Aboard ships to which different officers are allowed 
by the complement list as executive officer, gunnery officer, navi¬ 
gator, senior engineer officer (if not restricted to the performance 
of engineering duty only), first lieutenant, one of the four last 
named shall always be on board and ready for duty; but the 
executive officer shall not be required to alternate with any other 
officer in leaving the ship. In the absence of the commanding or 
executive officer, or both, the duties of these offices shall devolve 
upon the line officer next in rank attached to and on board of the 
ship, as provided in these regulations. (R., 2001 (2), 2201 (2), 
2501 (1).) 

(2) Aboard ships to which no regular first lieutenant is 
allowed by the complement list either the navigating, senior 
engineer officer (if not restricted to the performance of engineer¬ 
ing duty only), or gunnery officer shall always be on board and 
ready for duty. In the absence of the commanding or executive 
officer, or both, the duties of these offices shall devolve upon the 
line officer next in rank attached to and on board of the ship, as 
provided in these regulations. (Art. R. 2001 (2), art. R. 2201 (2), 
par. 2, and art. 558, par. 2.) 

(3) Aboard vessels to which no regular first lieutenant or 
gunnery officer is allowed by the complement list, either the ex¬ 
ecutive officer, navigating officer, or engineer officer (if not re¬ 
stricted to the performance of engineering duty only) shall always 
be on board and ready for duty. In the absence of the executive 
officer the senior on board or the navigating officer and engineer 
officer (if not restricted to the performance of engineering duty 
only) shall act as executive officer. In the absence of both the 
commanding and executive officers the senior on board of the 
navigating officer and engineer officer (if the latter be not re¬ 
stricted to the performance of engineering duty only) shall act as 
commanding officer. 

(4) When the engineer officer of the ship is restricted to the 
performance of engineering duty only, he shall not be considered 
as available for succession to the duties of commanding officer, 
and when that officer is absent his duties shall be performed by 
the senior on board of the other line officers set forth in the three 
preceding paragraphs. 

(5) Aboard vessels where the executive officer performs the 
duties of navigating officer in addition to his regular duties, either 


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the executive officer or the line officer next in rank to him, and 
not restricted to the performance of engineering duty only, shall 
always be on board and ready for duty, except when special per¬ 
mission to the contrary is granted by the commanding officer. In 
the absence of the executive officer, the line officer next in rank 
on board and not restricted to the performance of engineering 
duty only shall act as executive officer. In the absence of both 
commanding and executive officers the line officer next in rank 
on board and not restricted to the performance of engineering 
duty only shall act as commanding officer. 

(6) When there are two or more officers detailed for engineer¬ 
ing duty, including chief machinists and machinists, or two or 
more medical, pay, or marine officers attached to a ship, at 
least one of each branch in which there are two or more officers 
shall always be on board and ready for duty unless otherwise 
authorized, under special circumstances by previous permission 
from the commanding officer. 

(7) Whenever any officer is granted leave of absence or permis¬ 
sion to leave the ship or station and there is no other officer who 
is specifically detailed by these regulations to perform the duties 
of such officer during his absence, it shall be the duty of the 
officer granting such leave of absence or permission to leave the 
ship or station to officially detail some other competent person 
to perform such duties during the absence of the officer to whom 
the said privilege is granted, so far as is permissible under the 
laws and regulations. 

(8) Officers not specified in the preceding paragraphs may be 
granted leave of absence or permission to leave the ship or 
station at the discretion of the commanding officer (subject to 
the provisions of these regulations and to any instructions that 
may be received from the senior officer present in regard to the 
matter) or of the commandant. In granting such privileges the 
commanding officer or commandment shall be guided by the exist¬ 
ing conditions as to the number of officers to be retained on board 
or within the limits of the station and shall so retain a sufficient 
number to efficiently meet any emergency or call to duty that 
may arise. 

(9) Under no circumstances shall any ship or station to which 
two or more line officers are attached be left without at least 
one line officer present and ready for duty, except in cases of 
emergency, of which the commanding officer or commandant shall 
be the judge. 

(10) Except as specified in the second sentence of this para¬ 
graph, not more than one-half of the crew of any ship shall be 
granted leave or liberty at the same time, and liberty parties 
shall be so selected as to leave on board an organized force 
that will be effective in any emergency. While secured to a 
wharf at a navy yard, however, not more than one-fourth of 
the crew need be kept on board, provided the commanding* officer 
deems that such a number will be effective for any emergency. 

3709. (1) The executive officer, and all officers senior to him Applicatlou 
in rank, shall make application for leave of absence or permis- leav^th^sMp! 0 
sion to leave the ship and shall report their return therefrom to 
the commanding officer. Those junior to the executive officer shall 
make application for leave of absence through, and for permission 
to leave the ship to, the executive officer and shall report their 
return to him, except in case of leave of absence, in which case 
the report of return shall be made to the commanding officer in 
writing, through the executve officer. (Art. R. 3705 (3).) 


Leave to en¬ 
listed men. 


Regulations 
to bo complied 
with. 

Facilities for 
health officers’ 
visits. 

When doubt 
exists as to 
quarantine regu¬ 
lations. 

Duty of cap¬ 
tain when infec¬ 
tious disease ex¬ 
ists. 


Caution in re¬ 
gard to board¬ 
ing vessels. 


Boarding ves¬ 
sels at sea. 


N o conceal¬ 
ment of facts. 


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(2) No person attached to the vessel shall be allowed to leave 
the ship during coaling, except on duty. 

3710. (1) When the sanitary or other conditions of the port 
do not render it inadvisable, and when authorized by the senior 
officer present, the commanding officer shall grant liberty or leav< '■ 
of absence to the enlisted men, but such liberty or leave o,c 
absence shall not be granted by other than the commanding officer. 

(2) Leave of absence or liberty shall not be granted to enlisted 
men who are in debt to the Government, unless the full amount of 
such indebtedness be deposited with the pay officer. 

(3) Enlisted men shall be instructed that when on leave of 
absence they must so arrange that they may have sufficient funds 
to enable them to return to their ships; recruiting officers will not 
furnish transportation for that purpose. 


CHAPTER 35. 


QUARANTINE. PILOTAGE, NAVAL CONVOY OF MILITARY 

EXPEDITIONS, TRANSPORTATION AFLOAT ABOARD 

GOVERNMENT VESSELS, AND THE AMERICAN NA¬ 
TIONAL RED CROSS. 

Section 1.—Quarantine. 

3801. (1) Commanding officers of ships shall, on entering a 
port, foreign or domestic, comply strictly with all its quarantine 
regulations. 

(2) They shall, whether liable to quarantine or not, afford 
every facility to visiting health officers, and give all the informa¬ 
tion the latter may require. 

(3) Should doubt exist as to the regulations of the port, no 
communication shall be held with the shore, with boats, or with 
other ships, until a sufficient time has elapsed to allow of the visit 
of the health officer. 

3802. (1) Should a naval vessel arrive in port with a quaran- 
tinable disease on board, or should such disease break out while 
lying in port, the fact shall be at once reported to the commander 
in chief or senior officer present; the commanding officer shall 
hoist the quarantine flag and prevent all communication likely to 
spread the disease elsewhere until pratique is received. 

(2) In order to check the spread of such disease on board ship, 
he shall arrange' with the authorities of the port for the care and 
treatment of patients on shore or on board a hulk. 

(3) If at sea in company with other ships, and a quarantinable 
disease exists or appears on board, he shall keep the quarantine 
flag flying as long as the disease lasts, and shall do all in his 
power to prevent its dissemination. 

3803. (1) In boarding arriving vessels, care shall be taken not 
to violate the rules of the port; and in case they are subject to 
quarantine, the boarding officer shall, if possible, obtain the' infor¬ 
mation required without going alongside. 

(2) Vessels at sea coming from a suspected port not having a 
clean bill of health, or otherwise liable to quarantine, shall not 
be boarded, unless it be absolutely necessary, and the fact Gf such 
communication, when it occurs, shall be reported on arrival in 
port to the health officer. 

(3) No concealment shall be made of any circumstances that 
may subject a ship of the Navy to quarantine. 




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Section 4.— Tr an sport ation Afloat Aboard Government 

Vessels. 

3847. (2) When troops are embarked, unaccompanied by a medi- Troops unac- 

officer, the commanding officer of a ship shall direct the senior 3?caT officer. a 

( l yal medical officer to give them such professional attention as 

ay be required. 

Section 5.— The American National Red Cross. 

3861. The American National Red Cross, having been author- Authorized by 
ized by an act of Congress (approved April 24, 1912) to render Congress, 
aid to the land and naval forces in time of actual or threatened 
war, the following regulations governing the status, organization, 
and operations of the Red Cross when employed with the naval 
forces, having received the approval of the President of the 
United States, are issued for the information and guidance of all 
concerned: 

(1) The organized Red Cross units serving with the naval forces 
will constitute a part of the sanitary service of the naval forces. 

(2) When the Navy Department desires the use of the services 
of the Red Cross in time of war or when war is imminent, the 
Secretary of the Navy will communicate with the president of 
the Red Cross, specifying the character of the services required 
and designating the place or places where the personnel and mate¬ 
riel may be assembled. 

(3) When any member of the Red Cross reports for duty with Subject to 
the naval forces of the United States, pursuant to a proper call, milltary la ' vs * 
he will thereafter be subject to military laws and regulations, as 

provided in article 10 of the Geneva Convention of 1906, and will 
be provided with the necessary brassard and certificate of identity. 

(4) Except in cases of great emergency, Red Cross personnel Not to bo as- 
serving with the naval forces will not be assigned to duty on ® 1 & ne, j to com ‘ 
combatant ships, but will be employed at sanitary bases, in hospi- ,)a au s ips * 
tals, on medical transports and hospital ships, and on other lines 

of communication. Female nurses will usually be assigned to duty 
ashore or on hospital ships. 

(5) Red Cross organizations will not establish independent hos¬ 
pitals or other institutions, but will assist the Medical Department 
of the Navy as herein provided. 

(6) Separate establishments maintained by the Red Cross will 
be placed under the immediate direction of a medical officer of the 
Navy before naval patients are assigned thereto. Such officer 
will be held responsible for the administration, discipline, and rec¬ 
ords of the institution; he will regulate admissions and discharges 
and see that the interests of both the Government and the patients 
are conserved. 

(7) No individuals of the Red Cross Society will be accepted for Qualiiicatio ns 
service by the Navy Department until inspected by a medical for service * 
officer of the Navy and found qualified for the performance of the 

service expected of them. 

(8) The Red Cross may be called upon in time of war, or when 
war is impending, for the following classes of personnel: 

(1.) Physicians and surgeons. Personnel. 

(2j> Pharmacists. 

(3) Hospital Corps men. 

(4) Nurses. 

(5) Clerks. 


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Organization. 


Training. 


(6) Cooks and other hospital personnel. 

(7) Laborers. 

(9) The Red Cross personnel available for service with the 
Navy will be divided into three classes, as follows: 

Class (a). Those willing to serve afloat or ashore wherever 
needed. 

Class (b). Those willing to serve anywhere within the conti¬ 
nental limits of the United States. 

Class (c). Those willing to serve at sanitary bases or hospi¬ 
tals in the vicinity of their places of residence. 

Class (a) will be organized into sections and divisions and 
equipped as may be prescribed by the central committee of the 
Red Cross and approved by the Navy Department. The individ¬ 
uals composing such sections and divisions will be trained for 
service aboard the medical transports, hospital ships, and at sani¬ 
tary establishments beyond the seas. 

Class (b) will be trained for service in hospitals and other sani¬ 
tary institutions that may be established within the continental 
limits of the United States. Individuals of class (b) may also 
be organized into sections and divisions and uniformed and 
equipped as prescribed for class (a). 

Class (c) will be composed of individuals of the local Red Cross 
who, on account of their occupation or training in the care of sick 
and other hospital duties, may be relied upon to render efficient 
service at sanitary bases or naval hospitals in the vicinity of their 
places of residence. 

(10) The Red Cross service shall be divided into transport serv¬ 
ice, hospital service, and information-bureau service. Members 
properly qualified may serve in any branch. 

(11) The Red Cross service and organization on a medical 
transport or hospital ship will be under the direction of the medi¬ 
cal officer of the Navy in command. 

A unit of the transport or hospital service will be a section com¬ 
posed of two individuals. 

A division will be composed of twenty sections. 

Each division shall have, in addition, one hospital steward. 

Divisions shall be in charge of officers of the Naval Medical 
Corps, Naval Medical Reserve Corps, or physicians of the Red 
Cross. 

(12) The service at a sanitary base or naval hospital will be 
under the medical officer of the Navy in command. 

Hospital divisions must be prepared to supplement and assist 
regular naval hospitals and to be assigned to certain branches of 
hospital work, such as the management of kitchens, etc. 

(13) The training of transport divisions shall assimilate that 
of the Naval Hospital Corps and include instruction in first-aid, 
elementary hygiene, and Hospital Corps drill. The personnel of 
such divisions shall be made practically familiar with the methods 
for transporting sick and wounded aboard ship. 

(14) The training of hospital divisions shall include, in addi¬ 
tion to the training of transport divisions, practical instruction 
in methods and materiel used in hospitals and sanitary estab¬ 
lishments. Some of the personnel of each division should also be 
made proficient in the methods of disinfection. Hospital divisions, 
or any part thereof, may also be assigned to duty on hospital 
trains and to other naval sanitary institutions. 

(15) Information bureau divisions will be composed of clerks, 
stenographers, and typewriters, who will serve under the imme¬ 
diate supervision of officers of the Red Cross, and will be in- 


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structed in methods of correspondence and obtaining the necessary 
information from authorities concerning sick and wounded and 
data for the purpose of furnishing such information to relatives 
and friends. Information bureau divisions may also be at¬ 
tached to the bureau of information for prisoners of war. 

(16) A register will be kept in the office of the Surgeon Gen- Register of or- 
eral of the Navy, upon which will be entered the name, place, ganizations. 
strength, equipment, and efficiency of Red Cross organizations. No 
organization will be entered on the register, however, until it 

shall have been approved by the Surgeon General of the Navy. 

A Red Cross organization that has been found qualified will be 
carried on the register for one year after the date of such regis¬ 
tration. 

(17) Applications for registration upon the Surgeon General’s Applications 
register will be forwarded through Red Cross channels to the for registration. 
Secretary of the Navy. 

(18) Applications already borne on the Surgeon General’s 
register, for continuance on the said register, will be submitted 
annually on or about June 1, through Red Cross channels, to the 
Secretary of the Navy. 

(19) The personnel serving with the land and naval forces in Transporta¬ 
time of war or threatened hostilities while proceeding to their tlon ‘ 

place of duty, while serving thereat, and while returning there¬ 
from will be transported and subsisted at the cost and charge 
of the United States as civilian employees with said forces. Red 
Cross supplies that may be tendered as a gift and accepted for 
use in the sanitary service will be transported at the cost and 
charge of the United States. 

(20) When available, suitable quarters may be assigned to the 
Red Cross in active service. 


CHAPTER 36. 


SHORE STATIONS. 

Section 4.—Officers in charge of Departments and Divisions. 

3941. (1) The officers in charge of the divisions of the manu- officers in 
facturing department and of the other departments shall have charge of d e - 
the following titles: partments. 

(h) Medical department .—The medical officer; he shall be the 
officer of the Medical Corps detailed for this duty. 

The officer in charge of each of these departments and divisions 
shall be directly under the commandant, and shall be responsible 
to him alone. (Art. R. 3921.) 

Section 12.—Medical Officers. 

4006. (1) Medical officers on duty at navy yards and naval sta- Oeneral duties, 
tions will, in addition to their official duties, be required to attend 
the families of officers and enlisted men, including those on the 
retired list, residing in the yard or station, or within one mile of 
the naval dispensary, except as noted in paragraph 4. 


96220—17-12 





168 


Officers’ fami¬ 
lies in Wash¬ 
ington. 


Medical stores. 


Injured e m - 
ployees. 


Junior medical 
officers at shore 
stations. 


Appoint m e n t 
o f paymasters’ 
clerks. 


(2) Medical officers on detached duty, such as recruiting, may 
be designated by the department to attend officers and enlisted 
men and their families residing within two miles of their office. 

(3) Except in cases of emergency, the medical attendance con¬ 
templated in paragraphs (1) and (2) will be available only during 
the regular working hours of the yard, station, or office, and pro¬ 
vided it may be accorded without interference with the medical 
officer’s other duties. 

(4) Medical attendance will be accorded the families of officers 
on duty in Washington, D. C., not otherwise provided for, and 
retired officers and their families, who reside within two miles of 
the Navy Department. 

(5) The family of an officer or enlisted man shall include only 
those relatives who are dependent upon him for support, and not 
persons employed by him. 

(6) Officers and enlisted men will exact of their families con¬ 
sideration in their relations with medical officers, requiring those 
who are physically able to visit the dispensary, if there is one on 
the station. 

(7) The department authorizes the expenditure of such medical 
stores as may be deemed necessary by the Surgeon General in car¬ 
rying out the provisions of this article. 

(8) Officers and enlisted men on duty at navy yards, naval sta¬ 
tions, and elsewhere shall immediately inform the medical officer 
of the existence of suspected cases of contagious or communicable 
diseases in their quarters, in order that the medical officer may 
investigate, report to the commandant, and take the steps neces¬ 
sary to safeguard the health of the command. 

(9) When wounds or injuries are received by mechanics or 
laborers while at work in the yard, the medical officer shall sup¬ 
ply whatever may be necessary in rendering professional assist¬ 
ance. Such cases, if serious, shall be recorded and indexed in a 
book provided for that purpose, and if the injuries were received 
in the line of duty the case-shall be reported to the commandant. 

4007. Passed assistant and assistant surgeons attached to a 
navy yard or other shore station shall be guided by the regula¬ 
tions prescribed for medical officers of the same grade when at sea. 


CHAPTER 37. 


THE MARINE CORPS. 

(Naval Instructions, chap. 31.) 

Section 3.— The Staff of the Marine Corps. 

4142. (3) Candidates for original appointment as paymasters’ 
clerks in the Marine Corps, who shall be designated by the com¬ 
mandant of the corps, shall be examined, under the direction of 
the Secretary of the Navy, before a board consisting of two 
medical officers of the Navy and one or more officers of the pay- 




169 


master’s department of the Marine Corps. The duty of the 
medical members shall be confined to inquiring into and report¬ 
ing upon the physical and mental qualifications of the candidate, 
which shall be as prescribed for paymasters’ clerks in the Navy. 
The duty of the other members, except when the board is con¬ 
vened at Washington, D. C., shall be that of supervising the 
written examination as to professional qualifications, and, where 
necessary, of inquiring into and reporting upon the moral qualifi¬ 
cations of the candidate. Such professional examination shall be 
upon questions furnished by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, 
and shall be conducted in accordance with such rules as may be 
prescribed by him. When completed, the examination papers 
shall be transmitted, with the medical report and all other papers, 
to the commandant of the corps, who shall thereupon convene a 
further board at the headquarters of the Marine Corps, consist¬ 
ing of two or more officers of the paymaster’s department, by 
whom the evidence contained in such papers as to the physical, 
mental, moral, and professional qualifications of the candidate 
shall be considered and reported upon. The record of the proceed¬ 
ings of such board, with its recommendations and accompanying 
papers, shall be forwarded through the commandant of the corps 
to the Secretary of the Navy. Whenever such original board may 
be convened at Washington, D. C., it shall fulfill the duties herein 
prescribed for the two boards, and shall inquire into and report 
upon the physical, mental, moral, and professional qualifications 
of the candidate, its proceedings and recommendations being 
transmitted through the commandant of the corps to the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy. 

Section 4.— Recruiting, Discharges, and Desertions. 

4151. (2) Every person before being enlisted must pass the 
physical examination; and no person shall be enlisted unless pro¬ 
nounced fit by the commanding and medical officers, except by 
special authorization, in each case, from the commandant of the 
corps and Surgeon General of the Navy. 

(3) Enlisted men of good character and faithful service who, at 
the expiration of their terms, are undergoing treatment for in¬ 
juries incurred or disease contracted in the line of duty may be re¬ 
enlisted if they so elect, and if the disability prove to be perma¬ 
nent, they will subsequently be discharged on certificates of disa¬ 
bility. An enlisted man not under treatment, but who has con¬ 
tracted in the line of duty infirmities that may raise a question of 
physical eligibility to reenlistment, but not such as to prevent his 
performing the duties of a marine, may be reenlisted by authority 
of the Navy Department on application made through the surgeon 
and proper official channels in time to receive a decision before the 
date of discharge. 

(4) In the case of a person having physical disabilities, who 
has been enlisted by authorization as above, the physical condi¬ 
tion of the enlisted man must be fully described in his enlistment 
paper, in order that no improper claims for pension may be 

allowed. 


Recruiting 

service. 




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Hospital fond. 


Pay, enlisted 
men, Navy. 


Nnrse Corps 
(female). 


CHAPTER 39. 


PAY AND ALLOWANCES. 

Section 1.—Pay and Bounties, Navy. 

4404. The Secretary of the Navy shall deduct from the pay due 
each officer and enlisted man in the Navy and Marine Corps, the 
sum of twenty cents per month, to be applied to the fund for naval 
hospitals. (Secs. 1614 and 4808, It. S.) 

4427. (1) The pay of enlisted men of the Navy shall be as pro¬ 
vided in this article. 

Monthly pay. 


Chief pharmacist’s mates_ $60 

Pharmacist’s mates, first class___ 40 

Pharmacist’s mates, second class_ 35 

Pharmacist’s mates, third class_ 30 

Hospital apprentices, first class_ 24 

Hospital apprentices, second class_ 19 


4428. (1) The Nurse Corps (female) of the United States 
Navy is hereby established, and shall consist of one superintend¬ 
ent, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, who shall be 
a graduate of a hospital training school having a course of instruc¬ 
tion of not less than two years, whose term of office may be ter¬ 
minated at his discretion, and of as many chief nurses, nurses, 
and reserve nurses as may be needed: Provided, That all nurses 
in the Nurse Corps shall be appointed or removed by the Surgeon 
General, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, and that 
they shall be graduates of hospital training schools having a 
course of instruction not less than two years. The appointment 
of superintendent, chief nurses, nurses, and reserve nurses shall 
be subject to an examination as to their professional, moral, men¬ 
tal, and physical fitness, and that they shall be eligible for duty 
at naval hospitals and on board of hospital and ambulance ships 
and for such special duty as may be deemed necessary by the Sur¬ 
geon' General of the Navy. Reserve nurses may be' assigned to 
active duty when the necessities of the service demand, and when 
on such duty shall receive the pay and allowance’s of nurses: Pro¬ 
vided, That they shall receive no compensation except when on 
active duty. The superintendent, chief nurses, and nurses shall 
respectively receive the same pay, allowances, emoluments, and 
privileges as are now or may hereafter be provided by or in pur¬ 
suance of law for the Nurse Corps (female) of the Army. (Act 
May 13, 1908.) 

(2) The rates of pay for members of the Nurse Corps (female) 
shall be: 


Superintendent-$1,800 per annum. 

Nurses (female) during first three years’ serv¬ 
ice- $50 per month. 

Nurses (female) during second three years’ serv¬ 
ice-i. $55 per month. 

Nurses (female) during third three years’ serv¬ 
ice- $60 per month. 

Nurses (female) after nine years’service_, $65 per month. 














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(3) A nurse assigned to duty as chief nurse is entitled to $30 c , llIef uur8e - 
per month in addition to her pay as nurse. 

(4) Nurses who subsist themselves shall be credited with com- Commutation 
mutation of rations at following rates: If on duty, forty cents per of ratlons - 
day; if on leave with pay, twenty-five cents per day; if on duty 

not entitling them to commutation of rations, they are entitled 
to the regular ration. 

(5) Nurses shall be checked twenty cents a month for the hos- Hospital fund, 
pital fund. 

(6) Nurses are entitled to ten dollars a month extra pay when Extra pay 
serving beyond the limits of the United States comprising the abroad * 

Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto 

(except Porto Rico and Hawaii). 

(7) Nurses are entitled to cumulative leave of absence with pay Leave, 
at the rate of thirty days for each calendar year of service in 

said corps. 

(8) The superintendent shall be entitled to the same allowances 
when on duty as the members of the Nurse Corps (female). 

4475. The' allotments of men transferred from a seagoing ship Transfer to 
to a hospital shall be continued the same as if at sea. osp tal * 

4513. (10) Members of the Nurse Corps (female) of the Navy Nurse Corps 
will be allowed fifteen dollars per month in lieu of quarters, when (female), 
not occupying Government quarters, which amount will be credited Payment of 
on the pay roll upon the certificate of the senior officer at the commutation of 
hospital or station where members of said Nurse Corps may p e ^ uar ers * 
serving, that application for, and no assignment of, quarters has 
been made, and that Government quarters are not available. (Act 
June 24, 1910.) 

4521. (1) The value of one ration per day shall be deducted Deduction of 
from the account of every naval or marine officer admitted into a account* of 
naval hospital during his continuance therein, which amount shall persons in lios- 
be credited to the naval hospital fund by the pay officers on whose pItal - 
books such persons are borne. (Sec. 4812, R. S.) 

(2) In computing the number of days patients are subsisted in 
hospital, the day of admission shall be disregarded and the day of 
discharge shall be included. 

Section 8.—Miscellaneous Allowances. 

4531. (1) Authority for admission to an Army and Navy gen- Army and 
eral hospital may be obtained by all persons of the Navy and Navy hos i )itals * 
Marine Corps, on the active and retired lists, from the Surgeon 

General of the Navy on the report of a board of medical survey, or, 
when that is impracticable, on the certificate of a naval medical 
officer, clearly stating the applicant’s disability. A certificate 
from the attending physician may be submitted to the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery for its consideration, if no other officer of 
the Medical Corps of the Navy be available. 

(2) The hospital accommodation will be divided between pa¬ 
tients of the military and naval services and the Marine Corps. 

The length of treatment in hospital will be determined by the 
medical officer in command thereof. 

4532. (1) Officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Persous sent to 
Corps, when on duty at a place where there is no naval hospital, other than naval 
may be sent to other hospitals upon the order of the commander hos P itals * 

in chief, or the senior officer present, and the expenses of such 
persons shall be paid from the naval hospital fund; and no other 
charge shall be made against their accounts than such as are 
made for persons under treatment at naval hospitals. 


Pay of en¬ 
listed man in 
hospital, etc. 


Pensions 
persons in 
pital. 


o f 
hos- 


Expenses i n - 
cnrred for medi¬ 
cines, etc. 


Treatment by 
specialist. 


Expenses i n 
case of enlisted 
man. 


Where there 
is no Govern¬ 
ment hospital. 


(2) The pay of an enlisted man, when under treatment at a 
hospital in the United States, ceases upon the- expiration of his 
term of enlistment. (Arts. R. 3582 (1), (8), and R. 3603.) 

4533. Whenever any officer, seaman, or marine entitled to a 
pension is admitted to a naval hospital, his pension, while he re¬ 
mains there, shall he deducted from his accounts and paid to the 
Secretary of the Navy for the benefit of the fund from which such 
hospital is maintained. 

4531. (1) Expenses incurred by an officer of the Navy for 
medicines and medical attendance shall not be allowed unless they 
were incurred when he was on duty, and the medicines could not 
have been obtained from naval supplies, or the attendance of a 
naval medical officer could not have been had. (Sec. 1586, R. S.) 

(2) Officers of the Navy or Marine Corps on duty where the 
services of a naval medical officer are not available shall, as a 
basis of claim for expenses, report any sickness or injury, as 
soon as they are able, to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

(3) All claims for expenses incurred for medicines and medical 
attendance shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery for examination and approval. After approval such 
claims shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts 
for payment by such officer as he may designate. Claims shall be 
accompanied by receipted bills and all other papers pertaining 
thereto. 

(4) Where the services of a naval medical officer are obtainable, 
officers in a duty status may have, under the control of the medical 
officer in charge, when the latter is not in his own opinion suffi¬ 
ciently skilled to properly treat the affection, the benefit of con¬ 
sultation with and treatment by a specialist; but such consulta¬ 
tion and treatment must be by prior authority of the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery, and under the direction and control of the 
medical establishment of the department, as the law does not 
permit the allowance of expense of consultation with or treatment 
by a specialist when it is incurred upon the mere volition of the 
officer concerned. Ordinarily it is assumed that such consultation 
with a specialist is for the purpose of confirming the diagnosis 
and outlining the treatment, the medical officer in charge of the 
case being regarded as professionally capable of carrying out fur¬ 
ther treatment. 

(5) Expenses for medicines and medical attendance shall not be 
allowed in the case of enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps 
where naval medical supplies are available and where the services 
of a naval medical officer can be had; nor shall they be allowed 
unless the sickness or injury has been promptly reported to the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery by the officer in command; or if 
on detached duty, as at radio stations, subrecruiting stations, with 
naval militia, etc., by the enlisted man himself as soon as able. 

(6) When officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine 
Corps, on detached duty, require immediate hospital treatment 
where a naval hospital or a hospital of the United States Public 
■Health Service is not available, and when transportation to one 
or the other is not practicable, they will be admitted to a civil 
hospital, and prompt information of the fact, together with a full 
(statement as to the nature of the disability, shall be com¬ 
municated to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery through 
official channels—either by the officer in command or, if on 
detached duty as set forth in paragraph 5 of this article, by the 
patient himself as soon as able. 


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4540. ,No allowance shall be made for the expenses of persons No allowance 
undergoing examination for appointments, except as provided by JJJaSSjJJ 8 ®* o°r 
law for midshipmen. appointment. 

Section 9.—Persons Deceased. 

4551. (1) Immediately upon official notification of the death, Gratuity of 
from wounds or disease not the result of his own misconduct, of J 1 * JJJJJ 
any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Navy and other designated 
Marine Corps, the Paymaster General of the Navy shall cause to beneficiary, 
be paid to the widow, and, if no widow, to the children, and if 
there be no children to any other dependent relative of such 
officer or enlisted man previously designated by him, an amount 
equal to six months’ pay at the rate received by such officer or 
enlisted man at the date of his death. 

(2) No funeral expenses of a naval officer who dies in the Funeral ex- 
United States, nor expenses for travel to attend the funeral of ^officer. 11 ° f 
an officer who dies there, shall be allowed. But when anr officer 

on duty dies in a foreign country the expenses of his funeral, 
not exceeding his sea pay for one month, shall be defrayed by 
the Government, and paid by the paymaster upon whose books the 
name of such officer was borne for pay. (Sec. 1587, R. S.) 

(3) In the case of enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps Expenses of 
who die and are buried elsewhere than within the United States, hiterment. 

the amounts paid for funeral expenses, including preparation, 
encasement, and interment of remains, shall not exceed fifty dol¬ 
lars each, unless due regard for decent burial renders greater 
expense necessary, which fact must be certified on all copies of 
the public bill by the officer ordering the payment of the bill. 

(4) The necessary and proper funeral expenses of enlisted men 
of the Navy and Marine Corps at naval stations within the United 
States will be provided for by annual contracts, and elsewhere 
within the United States will be allowed when approved by the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, or by such officers as may be 
designated by the commandant, Marine Corps, respectively. 

(5) The remains of naval dead shall be prepared for interment 
or for shipment to their homes under the supervision of an officer 
who shall determine by final inspection in each instance that the 
work of embalming, cleansing, shaving, and dressing have been 
competently performed, and that the encasement, clothing, etc., 
meet all the requirements of the occasion and comply with the 
terms of the contract. 

(6) Where available clothing belonging to a deceased enlisted 
man is not sufficient in quantity or of proper kind or quality, or 
is too much worn, new clothing (outer and under) shall be ob¬ 
tained as may be necessary from the Supply Department and 
charged to the appropriation contingent, Medicine and Surgery. 

(7) Especial care shall be exercised that the evidences of au¬ 
topsies shall not cause unnecessary distress to parents, and that 
the wound so made shall be neatly closed, and that packings and 
dressings employed shall be of clean and suitable material. 

(8) Navy (or Army) standard caskets, when available, shall be 
used for transportation of remains of officers and enlisted men. 

(9) The commanding officer of a naval hospital shall immedi¬ 
ately inform the commandant of the station and the Department 
(Bureau of Medicine and Surgery) of any death in the hospital; 
he shall in addition inform by telegraph the next of kin, family, or 
legal representative of the deceased. 


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Accounts. 


Report of fu¬ 
neral expenses. 


Service pen¬ 
sions to disabled 
enlisted men. 


Official re¬ 
ports of death 
or disability. 


Report of eye¬ 
witnesses to ac¬ 
cidents. 


Bureau of 
M e d i ci n e and 
Surgery to de¬ 
cide If records 
are incomplete. 


(10) Transportation of remains is governed by annual appro¬ 
priation and is distiuct from “ funeral expenses ” or “ expenses of 
interment.” (Comp. Dec., Aug. 21, 1908.) 

4552. Upon the transfer of a deceased person’s account to the 
Auditor for the Navy Department the officer of the Pay Corps 
concerned shall note thereon the amount paid by him for funeral 
expenses. 

4553. Pay officers paying funeral expenses shall immediately 
report the amount thereof to the Bureau of Supplies and Ac¬ 
counts. 

Section 10.— Pensions. 

4561. (1) Any disabled enlisted man who has not been dis¬ 
charged for misconduct shall, after ten years’ service in the Navy 
or Marine Corps, be entitled to a pension, if a board of survey 
consisting of three naval officers, one of whom shall be a medical 
officer, appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, shall recommend 
it. (Sec. 4757, R. S.) 

(2) After twenty years’ service any enlisted man disabled from 
sea service by reason of age or infirmity, who has not been dis¬ 
charged for misconduct, shall, if he so elect, be entitled to a 
pension equal to one-half the pay of his rating when last dis¬ 
charged, in lieu of being provided with a home in the Naval Home, 
Philadelphia. (Sec. 4756, R. S.) 

4562. Commanding officers on shore and afloat shall require 
from the proper medical officers reports of every case of death 
or disability occurring to persons in the naval service under their 
command. These reports, made in accordance with the current 
edition of the “ Manual for the Medical Department, U. S. Navy,” 
shall be sent to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as evidence 
of claims for pensions. 

4563. When any person in the Navy or Marine Corps is acci¬ 
dentally injured and, on account of the absence of the medical of¬ 
ficer, or for any other reason, the facts and circumstances are not 
entered in the health record, the commanding officer shall require 
an officer, or some other trustworthy person who witnessed the 
accident, to make a written report thereon to the Bureau of Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery, said report to show when, where, and how 
the accident occurred, and what the injured person was doing at 
the time. This report shall be as brief as practicable, and the 
commanding officer in his forwarding indorsement shall state 
his own opinion thereon, and the matter shall be referred to in 
the health record. 

4564. In case of death, injury, or disability, where the official 
medical record may be incomplete, the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery shall decide whether such death, injury, or disability 
occurred in the line of duty. 


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CHAPTER 40. 


SHIP ORGANIZATION AND SHIP ROUTINE; INSPECTION 
AND GENERAL SURVEYS OF SHIPS, AND ALTERATIONS 
AND REPAIRS THERETO; CARE AND PRESERVATION 
OF SHIPS AND OF THEIR EQUIPMENT AND OUTFITS; 
STORES, AFLOAT AND ASHORE; SALES AND SURVEYS 
OF MATERIAL; ACCOUNTS; RETURNS; AND CORRE¬ 
SPONDENCE. 

(Naval Instructions, chaps. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 

and 44.) 

Section 2.—Custody and Caee of Stores on Shore. 

4623. Medical outfits for ships in commission shall be furnished Medical 
from a naval medical supply depot. At naval stations where there plleB * 
is no medical supply depot the medical officer of the navy yard 
shall have charge of all medicines, medical supplies, instruments, 
and other articles provided by the Bureau of Medicine and Sur¬ 
gery for use at the yard, for ships fitting out, or received from 
ships arriving. 


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CHAPTER 1. 


ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

Section 7.—Printing and Publishing. 

35. (1) Unnecessary, multiplicity of blank forms shall be Blank forms, 
avoided but they shall be employed when economy is effected by 
their use. As far as practicable, blank forms shall be 8 inches by 
10£ inches, or a multiple thereof, and shall conform to the in¬ 
structions governing correspondence. (I chap. 44.) 

123. Travel of Naval Nurse Corps (female).—Members of the 
Navy Nurse Corps (female) performing travel under orders from 
competent authority will be allowed expenses by the following 
schedule: 

Cost of transportation by the shortest usually traveled route, 
when transportation in kind or transportation request is not fur¬ 
nished. 

Actual cost of baggage transfer as required by necessities of the 
journey; receipts to be furnished; baggage limited to not more 
than two pieces. 

Cost of one lower berth in sleeping car, seat in parlor car, or 
unusual stateroom accommodations on boat, when extra charge is 
made therefor. 

Cost of meals, including tips, not to exceed $4.50 per day while 
en route, when meals ere not included in the transportation fare 
paid. 

Cost of meals, tips, and lodging during necessary delays en 
route, not to exceed $4.50 per day. 

Cost of meals and lodging, including bath, tips, and laundry 
work, not to exceed $4.50 per day while on duty designated in 
orders for the performance of temporary duty ; but reimbursement 
for such expenses will be limited to $1 per day after the first 30 
days at any one place. 

Excess baggage, not to exceed 100 pounds, as per receipt. 

Street-car fare, or under exceptional circumstances, when 
street-car service is not available, actual cost of cab, carriage, or 
taxi hire. When charge is made for cost of conveyance other than 
street car, full explanation of necessity therefor must be made 
and approval of the Secretary of the Navy obtained therefor. 

When travel covers less than a full day: Single meals not to ex¬ 
ceed $1.25, and tips at single meals not to exceed 15 cents. 

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180 


Authorization 
of compensation 
for Injury. 


CHAPTER 2. 


INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING EMPLOYMENT, LEAVE, PAY, 
ETC., OF CIVILIANS IN THE NAVY-YARD SERVICE. 

Section 3.— Applications and Examinations. 

231. (9) The physical examination for all positions shall be 
conducted wholly with a view to determining an applicant’s ability 
to perform the work of the position to which he seeks appointment 
and his freedom from disease or defects which would, as a con¬ 
tributory cause, tend to aggravate or prolong a disability result¬ 
ing from accident or injury received in the performance of his 
work or which would render him more liable to such accident or 
injury. 

Section 5.—Qualifications of Applicants. 

251. (21) An applicant is required to show to the satisfaction 
of the labor board that he has the following qualifications in or¬ 
der to have his name placed on the eligible list for appointment: 

( d ) That he is physically able to perform the work of his occu¬ 
pation or trade, and that he has no physical defect which will, as 
a contributory cause, tend to prolong a disability resulting from 
an accident or injury received in the performance of his work or 
which would render him more liable to such accident or injury. 

(23) Any of the following is deemed good cause for the rejec¬ 
tion of an applicant or eligible: 

(&) Physical or mental unfitness for the position. 

Section 19.— Injuries to LaborepvS and Mechanics. 

391. (1) (a) If any person employed by the United States as 
an artisan or laborer in any of its manufacturing establishments, 
arsenals, or navy yards, or in the construction of river and harbor 
or fortification work or in hazardous employment on construction 
work in the reclamation of arid lands or the management and con¬ 
trol of the same, or in hazardous employment under the Isthmian 
Canal Commission, is injured in the course of such employment, 
such employee shall be entitled to receive for one year thereafter, 
unless such employee, in the opinion of the Secretary of Labor, be 
sooner able to resume work, the same pay as if he continued to be 
employed, such payment to be made under such regulations as the 
Secretary of Labor may prescribe, but no compensation shall be 
paid under the provisions of this article where the injury is due 
to negligence or misconduct of the employee injured, nor unless 
said injury shall continue for more than fifteen days. All ques¬ 
tions of negligence or misconduct shall be determined by the Sec¬ 
retary of Labor. 

(&) If any artisan or laborer so employed shall die during the 
said year by reason of such injury received in the course of such 
employment, leaving a widow, or a child or children under six¬ 
teen years of age, or a dependent parent, such widow and child or 
children and dependent parent shall be entitled to receive, in such 
portions and under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor 
may prescribe, the same amount, for the remainder of the said 



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year, that said artisan or laborer would be entitled to receive as 
pay if such employee were alive and continued to be employed; 
hut if the widow shall die at any time during the said year her 
portion of said amount shall be added to the amount to be paid to 
the remaining beneficiaries under the provisions of this section, 
if there be any. 

(c) Whenever an accident occurs to any employee embraced 
within the terms of paragraph a, which results in death or a prob¬ 
able incapacity for work, it shall be the duty of the official superior 
of such employee to at once report such accident and the injury 
resulting therefrom to the head of his bureau or independent office, 
and his report shall he immediately communicated to the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy for transmission to the Secretary of Labor. 
Such report shall state, first, the time, cause, and nature of the 
accident and injury and the probable duration of the injury result¬ 
ing therefrom; second, whether the accident arose out of or in 
the course of the injured person’s employment; third, whether the 
accident was due to negligence or misconduct on the part of the 
employee injured; fourth, any other matters required by such 
rules and regulations as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe. 
The head of each department or independent office shall have 
power, however, to charge a special official with the duty of mak¬ 
ing such reports. 

{(i ) In the case of any accident which shall result in death, the 
persons entitled to compensation under this article or their legal 
representatives shall, within ninety days after such death, file 
with the Secretary of Labor an affidavit setting forth their rela¬ 
tionship to the deceased and the ground of their claim for compen¬ 
sation under the provisions of this act. This shall be accom¬ 
panied by the certificate of the attending physician setting forth 
the fact and cause of death, or the nonproduction of the certificate 
shall be satisfactorily accounted for. In the case of incapacity 
for work lasting more than fifteen days, the injured party desiring 
to take the benefit of tlii<^ act shall, within a reasonable period 
after the expiration of such time, file with his official superior, to 
be forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy for transmission to the 
Secretary of Labor, an affidavit setting forth the grounds of his 
claim for compensation, to be accompanied by a certificate of the 
attending physician as to the cause and nature of the injury and 
probable duration of the incapacity, or the nonproduction of the 
certificate shall be satisfactorily accounted for. If the Secretary 
of Labor shall find from the report and affidavit or other evidence 
produced by the claimant or his or her legal representatives, or 
from such additional investigation as the Secretary of Labor may 
direct, that a claim for compensation is established under this act, 
the compensation to be paid shall be determined as provided under 
this act and approved for payment by the Secretary of Labor. 

(e) The employee shall, whenever and as often as required by 
the Secretary of Labor, at least once in six months, submit to 
medical examination, to be provided and paid for under the direc¬ 
tion of the Secretary, and if such employee refuses to submit to 
or obstructs such examination his or her right to compensation 
shall be lost for the period covered by the continuance of such 
refusal or obstruction. 

(/) Payments under this act are only to be made to the bene¬ 
ficiaries or their legal representatives other than assignees, and 
shall not be subject to the claims of creditors. 


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Payment of 
corape n s a 11 o n 
for injury. 


Injury to eyes. 


(g) The United States shall not exempt itself from liability 
under this act by any contract, agreement, rule, or regulation, and 
any such contract, agreement, rule, or regulation shall be pro 
tanto void. 

(h) All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of 
this article or providing a different scale of compensation or other¬ 
wise regulating its payment have been repealed. (See act of May 
30, 1908.) 

(2) The names of persons employed under the Navy Depart¬ 
ment who are entitled to compensation for injuries sustained in 
the course of their employment, or of their beneficiaries, as speci¬ 
fied in the preceding paragraph, shall be carried on the regular 
pay roll and summarized under Title V, Disability. No person is 
entitled to compensation under this act, however, until the Secre¬ 
tary of Labor shall have determined his right thereto and author¬ 
ized payment. Any person who is disabled in the course of his em¬ 
ployment should therefore be dropped from the pay roll until his 
claim for compensation has been approved by the Secretary of 
Labor. Upon the receipt of proper authority from that officer, the 
name of the injured employee, or of his beneficiaries, shall be 
entered on the pay roll and credit shall be given on the first roll 
made thereafter for all back pay due. Payments made to an in¬ 
jured employee, or to his beneficiaries, shall be charged to the 
appropriation for the work upon which the employee was engaged 
at the time of his injury. When the appropriation concerned is a 
limited one, the matter shall be brought to the attention of the 
department for decision of each specific case. In order to receive 
payment, an injured employee shall on each pay day, file with the 
proper disbursing officer a certificate of disability on the form pre¬ 
scribed by the Secretary of Labor. 

392. (1) In view of the liability to injury to the eyes of me¬ 
chanics and their helpers and other employees at navy yards, 
arising from burns, lacerations, wounds, or otherwise from flying 
particles of metal or other material, which injuries invariably 
cause pecuniary damage to the Government through waste of time, 
and not infrequently further financial loss arising out of claims 
based upon the act authorizing compensation for certain employ¬ 
ees injured when in the Government service, all mechanics and 
their helpers, and all other employees at all navy yards and sta¬ 
tions, while actually engaged in any Government work of a nature 
likely to jeopardize the eyes, shall wear suitable eye protectors, 
of a type approved by the commandant, upon the recommendation 
of the medical officer of the navy yard, which eye protectors shall 
be provided by the Government and loaned to such workmen or 
others as may require them for temporary use. 

(2) In this connection attention is invited to the fact that the 
act above mentioned contains a provision that no compensation 
shall be paid thereunder where the injury is due to negligence or 
misconduct of the employee injured, all questions of negligence or 
misconduct being determined by the Secretary of Labor. 

(3) In taking action on claims under this act arising out of 
injuries to the eyes, in every case where it shall appear that eye 
protectors were not worn by the person thus injured, although 
provided by the Government and available for use, the department 
null consider that such injuries were the result of negligence on 
the part of the employee, and will recommend to the Secretary of 
Labor that said claim be disallowed in consequence of this "con- 
tributary negligence. 


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(4) In cases where employees, through continued neglect to 
wear eye protectors, suffer repented minor injuries to the eyes, 
with accompanying loss of time, such continued negligence shall 
be regarded as misconduct, and shall he given weight in deter¬ 
mining the least efficient men for discharge at times when the 
force is reduced owing to lack of work, and, if persisted in, may 
afford a ground for discharge at any other time. 

(5) A copy of this article shall be kept conspicuously posted in 
all shops in navy yards, and its provisions shall be brought espe¬ 
cially to the notice of all master mechanics, foremen, quartermen, 
and leadingmen having under their charge employees occupied in 
work particularly hazardous to the eyes, and it shall be the duty 
of such master mechanics, foremen, quartermen, and leadingmen 
to require the habitual wearing of eye protectors by those under 
them whilst actually performing work coming within this category. 

393. The following letters are for guidance: 

“ Under date of October 28, 1912, the approval of payment of 
compensation to John Herbert, boiler maker, navy yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., injured October 17, 1911, given under date of 
February 12, 1912, was extended by this department for a period 
ending not later than August 12, 1912. The record of the case 
shows that the officials of the navy yard have no record of the 
employee’s condition subsequent to February 29, 1912, the date 
of his last physician’s certificate filed with them; and no record 
of examination by the yard surgeon except one made on August 12, 
1912, when the employee returned to work. Under date of 
April 15, 1912, the employee was furnished with a blank form 
upon which to request medical examination, but as this was not 
filled in and filed with the officials of the yard, apparently no 
further action was taken in his case. As the employee has fur¬ 
nished a certificate of disability from his attending physician, 
covering the period to August 12, 1912, inclusive, the continuance 
of compensation payments was approved. 

“ It is very desirable to have injured employees under the 
surveillance of yard officials, and especially the medical officer, 
in order that his physical condition may be known at all times 
and possible malingering prevented. In order to get the best re¬ 
sults obtainable, it is quite necessary to have the cooperation of 
the yard officials. In the case of John Herbert, whatever doubt 
there may be as to his incapacity after February 29 must be de¬ 
cided in his favor, in view of the certificate furnished by a 
reputable physician and the lack of any evidence whatever that 
the employee was malingering. Had the employee been examined 
by the yard surgeon during the time he claimed to have been in¬ 
capacitated and the yard surgeon had disagreed with the attend¬ 
ing physician as to the ability of the employee to return to work, 
a medical examination by a disinterested physician would have 
been ordered by this department and the question immediately 
decided. 

“ This department is receiving valuable assistance from the 
medical officers of the Norfolk .and Washington Navy Yards, as at 
these places injured employees are examined at the beginning of 
disability and at frequent intervals until the employee is able to 
return to work. If a claim for compensation is filed, a record of 
each examination by the medical officer is attached thereto. In 
addition to these records being a great aid in considering claims 
for compensation, the frequent examinations are a check to 
malingering and fraud on the part of employees. If cases from 


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other yards could be handled in a similar manner and records of 
examinations forwarded with claims for compensation, it would 
be helpful to this department to have such procedure adopted in 
the future.” (Letter from the Department of Commerce and 
Labor, Oct. 31, 1912.) 

“ Section 4 of the compensation act of May 30, 1908, provides 
that: 

“ ‘ In the case of incapacity for work lasting more than 15 days, 
the injured party desiring to take the benefit of this act shall, 
within a reasonable period after the expiration of such time, file 
with his official superior, to be forwarded through regular official 
channels to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, an affidavit 
setting forth the grounds of his claim for compensation. * * * ’ ” 

“ What is a reasonable period within which claims must be 
filed necessarily is to be determined by the facts in each par¬ 
ticular case. Hereafter, a claim not filed within six months from 
the time the right to compensation accrues will be presumed to 
have been unreasonably delayed and will not be approved, except 
on the most convincing showing that the delay was not unreason¬ 
able in that particular case. 

“ It is requested that employees be directed to file their claims 
as soon as possible after 15 days of disability, in order that de¬ 
lays may be avoided. Delays in filing claims that might be called 
unreasonable should be fully explained by the claimant in a . 
statement accompanying his claim.” (Letter Department of Com¬ 
merce and Labor, July 10, 1912.) 

“ The regulations governing the operation of the compensation 
act of May 30, 1908, provide that when the incapacity of an in¬ 
jured employee probably will continue beyond the period for which 
his claim has been approved, notice to that effect should be sent 
this department in order that a medical examination may be 
ordered to determine the employee’s right to further compensation. 
Employees who have been examined by a medical officer of the 
Navy Department at the expiration of the period for which their 
claims have been approved, and found unable to resume work on 
account of injury, need not be subjected to further medical exami¬ 
nation by a physician designated by this department, provided 
the report of the medical officer making the examination is for¬ 
warded to me. The examination of the medical officer will be 
taken as complying with the provisions of section 5 of the com¬ 
pensation act.” (Letter Department of Labor, June 26, 1913.) 

“ Whenever there is a disagreement between an injured em¬ 
ployee and the medical officer of a navy yard as to the ability of 
the former to resume work, such injured employee shall hereafter 
be directed by navy-yard officials to report to the local referee 
physician of the Department of Labor for examination only after 
the expiration of the 15-day period following the injury and before 
the claim for compensation has been either approved or disap¬ 
proved by the Secretary of Labor. 

“ Whenever such a disagreement arises after the approval of a 
claim for compensation, the facts should be immediately reported 
to the Secretary of Labor, so that he may, if he deems such action 
necessary, at once order the local referee physician of the Depart¬ 
ment of Labor to make an examination of the injured employee.” 
(Letter Department of Labor, Mar. 21, 1916.) 

“ Receipt is acknowledged of a letter from the commandant, 
Boston Navy Yard, forwarded by you to this department for 


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instructions. The letter calls attention to paragraph 28 of the 
regulations governing the operation of the compensation act of 
May 30, 1908, which provides that: 

“ ‘ Whenever compensation has been paid for any case of disa¬ 
bility for five months and there is a possibility of the disability 
lasting so as to extend over six months, the official superior of the 
injured employee should report the fact to the Secretary of Com¬ 
merce and Labor, so as to enable him to order as soon as possible 
a medical examination.’ ” 

“ The commandant invites attention to the case of David L. 
Davoll, injured January 11, 1913, whose claim was approved for 
a period ending January 11, 1914. The employee is permanently 
disabled, and it is suggested that in this and similar case's reex¬ 
amination at the end of six months is unnecessary. 

“ The section of the compensation act requiring an examination 
at least once in six months has been held as mandatory upon an 
employee when directed to report for examination, but left to 
the discretion of the administrating officer as to whether such 
examinations are necessary. It is clear that in cases of perma¬ 
nent incapacity examinations are unnecessary, and in such cases 
the provision of paragraph 28 of the regulations need not be com¬ 
plied with.” (Letter Department of Labor, June 27, 1913.) 

“ On July 19, 1911, the Acting Secretary of the Department of 
Commerce and Labor sent the following letter to the Secretary of 
the Navy: 

“ ‘ Sir : This department is in receipt of a report of injury in 
the case of James Spelman, chipper and calker, navy yard, Brem¬ 
erton, Wash., the nature and extent of injury being given as 
chronic lead poisoning. This report is accompanied by an in¬ 
quiry from the commandant of the navy yard as to whether or 
not this department desires that injury reports be forwarded con¬ 
cerning future cases of lead poisoning, in view of the fact that it 
is held that lead poisoning is a disease and not an injury within 
the meaning of the compensation act. In reply to this inqury, I 
have the honor to advise you that where the character of an 
injury is lead poisoning a report of it is not desired.’ ” 

“ This department now desires that the request made in the let¬ 
ter of July 19, 1911, be disregarded in the future, and I have the 
honor to request therefore that cases of lead poisoning occurring 
in the Navy Department be reported to the Department of Labor 
hereafter.” (Letter from Department of Labor, Aug. 16, 1913.) 

394. (1) Where indorsements of transmittal are desirable or 
necessary in forwarding report forms called for in connection with 
the administration of the Government compensation act of May 
30, 1908, they should be made on the back of such forms. 

(2) The reports, correspondence, etc., relating to injuries to 
civil employees will be forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy 
for transmission to the Department of Labor. 

(3) Bequests for blank forms used in connection with the re¬ 
porting of injuries, etc., will be made direct to the Secretary of 
Labor, Washington, D. C. 

(4) Claims for compensation for injuries shall be accompanied 
by the certificate of the medical officer, showing the nature and 
period of incapacity and whether due to the injury alleged by the 
claimant. 


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General In¬ 
structions rela¬ 
tive to leave. 


Section 20.—Leave of Absence.’ 

401. (1) Each and every employee of the navy yards, gun fac¬ 
tories, naval stations, and arsenals of the United States Govern¬ 
ment may be granted fifteen working days’ leave of absence each 
year without forfeiture of pay during such leave, but it is lawful 
to allow pro rata leave only to those serving twelve consecutive 
months or more; and, moreover, in all cases the heads of depart¬ 
ments and divisions shall have discretion as to the time when the 
leave can best be allowed without detriment to the service. Ab¬ 
sence on account of sickness shall be deducted from the leave 
hereby granted. (See act of Feb. 1, 1901.) Civil employees at 
naval hospitals are held to be employees at naval stations within 
the meaning of the act of February 1, 1901, and entited to its 
benefits. 

402. (5) Employees whose leave is governed by the act of 
March 3, 1909, are not entitled to an extension of the fifteen days’ 
leave with pay that may be granted in any one calendar year 
except in cases of personal illness. (Comp. Dec., Nov. 30, 1909.) 

403. (1) In the absence of restrictive legislation in regard to 
per annum employees at navy yards and naval stations, said em¬ 
ployees are granted leave with pay under the same conditions as 
employees in the Navy Department, Washington, in accordance 
with the provisions of law as set forth in the following paragraph: 

(2) (a) The Secretary of the Navy may grant thirty days’ an¬ 
nual leave with pay in any one year to each clerk or employee; 
and where some member of the immediate family of a clerk or 
employee is afflicted with a contagious disease and requires the 
care and attendance of such employee, or where his or her pres¬ 
ence in the department would jeopardize the health of fellow 
clerks, and in exceptional and meritorious cases where a clerk 
or employee is personally ill, and where to limit the annual leave 
to thirty days in any one calendar year would work peculiar hard¬ 
ship, it may be extended, in the discretion cf the head of the de¬ 
partment, with pay, not exceeding thirty days in any one case or 
in any one calendar year. This subparagraph shall not be con¬ 
strued to mean that so long as a clerk or employee is borne upon 
the rolls of the department in excess of the time herein provided 
for or granted that he or she shall be entitled to pay during the 
period of such excessive absence, but that the pay shall stop upon 
the expiration of the granted leave. (See act of Mar. 15, 1898.) 

(&) Nothing contained in the preceding paragraph shall be con¬ 
strued to prevent the head of any executive department from 
granting thirty days’ annual leave with pay in any one year to 
a clerk or employee, notwithstanding such clerk or employee may 
have had during such year not exceeding thirty days’ leave with 
pay on account of sickness as provided therein. (See act of July 
7, 1898.) 

404. (2) The head of department or ofTice shall carefully con¬ 
sider every application for leave with pay on account of sickness, 
and in the exercise of a sound discretion shall certify to the com¬ 
mandant only as in his opinion should be granted. A certificate 
of a medical practitioner is not absolutely necessary in support 
of an application for sick leave. Certificates of any character 
may be accepted, provided they are acceptable to the head of 
department or office concerned, and that the sanitation and health 
of the personnel is in no way jeopardized. 


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CHAPTER 3. 


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Section 4.—Ships in Commission in Ordinary. 

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570. Ships in commission in ordinary shall be maintained un¬ 
der the following instructions: 

(3) If not otherwise provided for, the officers and men shall Medical, 
receive medical attention from the medical officer of the receiving 
ship. When several ships are in ordinary together, a medical 
officer may be ordered for duty with them all. 


CHAPTER 4. 


NAVY REGULATIONS, NAVAL INSTRUCTIONS, GENERAL 

ORDERS, ETC. 

[Navy Regulations, ch. 10.] 

601. (1) All Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, and all 
circulars directing changes to be made therein, shall be finally 
prepared in the office of the Secretary of the Navy (Operations). 

(2) All Navy Department general orders shall be finally pre¬ 
pared in the office of the Secretary of the Navy (Operations). 

(3) All court-martial orders shall be prepared in the office of 
the Judge Advocate General. 

(4) All signal books shall be prepared in the office of the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy (Operations). 

(5) All drill books shall be prepared in the office of the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy (by the Chief of Naval Operations, in consulta¬ 
tion with the bureaus or offices concerned). 

(6) The preparation referred to in the preceding paragraphs of 
this article shall include the presentation of the papers in question 
to the Secretary of the Navy for signature. 

(7) All uniform regulations or changes therein for the Navy 
shall be prepared by the Bureau of Na vigation, and for the Marine 
Corps by the major general commandant of the corps, and shall 
be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy for signature. 

(8) The instructions governing the procedure for naval courts 
and boards, and all changes therein, shall be prepared in the office 
of the Judge Advocate General. 

(9) The manuals or circulars of instructions authorized by Art. 
R. 901 shall be prepared in the bureau or office concerned, signed 
by the chief or head thereof, and submitted for the approval of 
the Secretary of the Navy in the manner prescribed in Art. R. 901. 

(10) Whenever any bureau or office, or any officer or Official in 
the naval service, deems it necessary or advisable that any altera¬ 
tion or correction be made in or any addition made to any of the 
publications covered by this chapter, or that any general order 






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should be issued, he shall bring the matter to the attention of the 
Secretary of the Navy (bureau or office as indicated in the pre¬ 
ceding paragraphs of this article), submitting at the same time a 
draft of the proposed order or change, together with a statement 
of the reasons for proposing it. 

602. (1) All copies of the Navy Regulations and Naval Instruc¬ 
tions, and of corrections and changes therein; all uniform regula¬ 
tions, and corrections and changes therein; and all general and 
court-martial orders, after printing, shall be distributed by the 
Bureau of Navigation to flag and commanding officers afloat for all 
officers under their command, to commandants of shore stations 
for all officers borne on the books of the disbursing officers of such 
stations or attached thereto, and to the commandant of the Ma¬ 
rine Corps for distribution to the officers under his immediate 
command. 

(2) Commanding officers, afloat and ashore, receiving copies 
of such publications shall acknowledge their receipt to the Bureau 
of Navigation, and shall be responsible for their proper distribu¬ 
tion as above stated. Commandants of navy yards and naval sta¬ 
tions, officers in charge of Navy purchasing offices, and the com¬ 
mandant of the Marine Corps shall submit to the Bureau of 
Navigation, on the first day of each month, a statement of the 
number of such publications required for distribution, and all such 
publications shall be distributed promptly upon receipt. 

(3) General orders shall not be sent in the same envelope with 
court-martial orders, which last must be sent unaccompanied by 
other orders of any kind. 

(4) The above rules shall not apply to any publication which 
any bureau or office is authorized to issue by Arts. I. 603 and 
I. 604, which shall be distributed by the bureau or office which 
issues them. 

(5) Signal books and cipher code books shall be published and 
distributed from the office of the Secretary of the Navy (Opera¬ 
tions), and the records of such books shall be kept in that office. 
All receipts for and reports in regard to such publications shall 
be addressed and forwarded accordingly. 

(6) Drill books shall be distributed by the Bureau of Naviga¬ 
tion, and the records thereof shall be kept in that bureau, except 
the “ Drill Book for the Hospital Corps,” for which the Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery shall perform the above-mentioned duties. 
All receipts for and reports in regard to such publications shall be 
addressed and forwarded accordingly. 

(7) Uniform regulations, United States Navy, and orders for 
changes therein, shall be distributed by the Bureau of Navigation, 
and the records thereof shall be kept in that bureau. 

(8) Naval courts and boards, and orders for all changes therein, 
shall be distributed by the Bureau of Navigation, and the records 
thereof shall be kept in that bureau. 

(9) The manuals or circulars of instructions authorized by 
article R. 901 (lj), and orders for all changes therein, shall be 
distributed by the bureau or office concerned, and the records 
thereof shall be kept in such bureau or office. 

(10) The information circulars authorized by Art. I. 604, and 
instructions for all changes therein, shall be distributed by the 
bureau or office concerned, and the records thereof shall be kept 
in such bureau or office. 

603. Under the authorization contained in Art. R. 901 (lj), the 
Secretary of the Navy authorizes the issue of, and will approve, 


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the following manuals or circulars of instructions under the 
several bureaus and offices of the department: 

(1) Bureau of Navigation: 

(ft) Manual for Naval Auxiliary Service. 

(b) Manual for Recruiting Officers. 

(c) Manual Governing the Transportation of Enlisted Men, and 
the schedule of contracts in effect therefor. 

(2) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: 

(«) Manual for the Medical Department. 

604. Under the authority contained in Art. R. 901 (3) the 
Secretary of the Navy authorizes the issue of the following in¬ 
formation circulars and similar publications by the several 
bureaus and offices of the Navy Department: 

(1) Bureau of Navigation: 

( a ) Circulars for the information of persons desiring to enter 
the naval service in the several staff corps. 

(&) Circulars relating to the appointment of warrant officers. 

(c) Circulars for the information of commanders in chief and 
commanding officers regarding the enlisted men of the Navy. 

( d ) Circulars relative to the enlistment of men for the Navy, 
and general recruiting memoranda issued from time to time for 
the information of persons desiring to enlist in the Navy. 

(e) Regulations Governing the Admission of Candidates Into 
the United States Naval Academy. (Title of this publication is 
fixed by law.) 

(/) Regulations of the United States Naval Academy. (Title 
of this publication is fixed by law.) 

{(j) Pamphlets containing examination questions for admission 
to the United States Naval Academy. 

(2) Bureau of Navigation (Hydrographic Office) : 

(ft) Charts and maps. 

(b) Sailing Directions and Pilots. 

(c) Navigator’s nautical books and tables. 

(d) Manual of information in nautical subjects. 

(e) Hydrographic and nautical information. 

(/) Notices to mariners, bulletins, and daily memoranda. 

(3) Bureau of Navigation (Naval Observatory) : 

(a) The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. 

(b) The American Nautical Almanac. 

(c) Publications of the United States Naval Observatory, in¬ 
cluding accounts of observations; papers on scientific subjects; 
astronomical papers of the American Ephemeris; and Annual Re¬ 
port of the Superintendent. 

(d) Compass manuals and circulars. 

(4) Bureau of ordnance: 

(a) Ordnance pamphlets. 

(5) Bureau of Construction and Repair: 

(tt) General Specifications Covering the Building of Ships, and 
supplements thereto. 

(b) Appendices to the general specifications, comprising stand¬ 
ard specifications for the inspection of hull material, rules for riv¬ 
eting, etc. 

(c) Manual for Superintending Constructors, and supplements 
thereto. 

(d) Manual for Work of Bureau of Construction and Repair, 
and supplements thereto. 

( e ) Confidential bulletin of technical information. 

(/) Circulars for the information of commandants, navy yards 
and naval stations, and superintending constructors. 


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(0) Bureau of Steam Engineering: 

( a) Confidential Bulletin of Engineering Information. 

(7) Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 

(a) Coal and fuel notices. 

(b) Information circulars, giving decisions of the Comptroller 
of the Treasury and Auditor for the Navy Department, and simi¬ 
lar matters. 

(8) Bureau of Yards and Docks: 

(a) Confidential bulletin on public works of the Navy. 

(9) Judge Advocate General : 

(a) Manual for Government of Naval Prisons, Prison Ships, 
and Disciplinary Barracks. 

(10) United States Marine Corps: 

(a) System of Accountability, United States Marine Corps. 

(b) Manual of the Paymaster’s Department, United States Ma¬ 
rine Corps. 

(c) Post Exchange Regulations. 

(d) Instructions governing Recruiting Service, United States 
Marine Corps. 

(e) Course of Instruction, Marine Officers’ School. 

005. No other publications relative to the administration of the 
naval establishment than those enumerated in chapter 10 of the 
Navy Regulations and this chapter of the Naval Instructions shall 
be issued without the prior authority of the Secretary of the Navy 
or until the necessary change or addition has been promulgated in 
regard to this chapter of the Naval Instructions. 

000. A copy of every publication, other than circular letters 
containing technical information, issued by bureaus and offices of 
the department shall be filed in the office of the Secretary (Divi¬ 
sion of Operations of the Fleet.) 


CHAPTER 5. 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS IN GENERAL. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 14.) 

Acknowi c d g - 701. Officers shall promptly acknowledge the receipt of all 

1 receil>t of orders and, immediately after reporting in obedience thereto, 
or ers ’ communicate the fact and the date of reporting. (Arts. I. 705, 

R. 4492, and I. 3501.) 

Duty upon the 702. An order from competent authority to an officer of the 
receipt of orders. ]sj aV y or Marine Corps requiring him to proceed to any point, or 
to report for duty at a place not involving travel, but fixing no 
date and not expressing haste, shall be obeyed by reporting within 
four days, exclusive of travel time, after its receipt. If the order 
read “ without delay,” he shall report within 48 hours, exclusive 
of travel time, after its receipt; if “immediately,” within 12 
hours, exclusive of travel time, after its receipt; and all officers 
shall indorse on their orders the date and hour of their receipt. 
The foregoing allowances of time do not apply to any provisions 
of an officers’ orders requiring him, after performing the duty 
specified, to return to his regular station or to proceed on further 




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duty. Any delay in carrying out orders which may be granted to 
an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps by competent authority will 
be additional to the time allowed above. 

703. (1) When officers and others in the Navy or Marine Corps 
report for duty in accordance with written orders they shall pre¬ 
sent the orders to the officer to whom they report. 

(2) Officers shall indorse upon the orders of those who report 
to them the fact that the person ordered has reported for duty, 
and the date and place at which he so reported. 

704. Every officer, whether active or retired, not on duty, 
shall report to the Bureau of Navigation or Commandant, Marine 
Corps, his address on January 1 of each year; the report to be 
mailed so as to reach the bureau by the December 20 preceding. 

705. (1) Every officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall 
keep the Bureau of Navigation or the Commandant of the Marine 
Corps, respectively, informed of his usual residence and of the 
address of his wife or next of kin. When ordered to his home he 
shall, upon the receipt of the order certify upon it his place of 
residence, which must in all cases correspond to that which he 
has previously reported to the Bureau of Navigation or to the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

(2) No officer on the active list shall change his usual residence 
without permission of the department (Bureau of Navigation) or 
Commandant, Marine Corps. 

(3) Officers on the retired list may change their residence, or 
travel abroad, except in belligerent countries, without specific per¬ 
mission from the department, but they shall keep the Bureau of 
Navigation or Commandant, Marine Corps, informed of their 
address. 

(4) Every officer of the Navy or Marine Corps visiting Wash¬ 
ington shall, within 24 hours after his arrival, register his name 
and city address at the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, 
or Headquarters, Marine Corps, respectively. 

706. An officer returning from sea under orders from or by 
permission of a superior shall, immediately upon arrival in the 
United States, report by letter to the Navy Department (Bureau 
of Navigation) or Commandant, Marine Corps, inclosing his ad¬ 
dress and a copy of the order or permission. 

707. (1) Reports on the fitness of officers shall be made on pre¬ 
scribed forms on the last day of March and of September of each 
year and whenever officers are detached from service or trans¬ 
ferred. Reports on officers of the Navy shall be forwarded to the 
Secretary of the Navy (Bureau of Navigation) and those on of¬ 
ficers of the Marine Corps to the Major General Commandant. 
These reports will contain a record of all punishments inflicted 
upon the officer, with the date and nature of offense and the kind 
and degree of punishment. All reports of fitness shall be consid¬ 
ered as strictly confidential communications. In the event of 
their being referred to a commanding or other officer for comment 
or other purpose, they shall be sent confidentially to such officer 
and shall be similarly returned direct, unless they call in question 
the action of any higher authority, in which case they shall be 
forwarded in the same confidential manner via such higher 
authority. 


Duty when re¬ 
porting in obe¬ 
dience to writ¬ 
ten orders. 


Address of of¬ 
ficers. 


Usual resi¬ 
dence of officers. 


Officers re - 
turning from 
sea by order of 
a superior. 


Reports of fit¬ 
ness. 


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Reporting senior. 


Secretary of the Navy 


Chief of Naval Operations 


President of the General Board 


Commander in chief of a fleet. 

Note.— (a) The commander in chief 
of the Atlantic Fleet will report on the 
commandant of the naval station, 
Guantanamo, Cuba. The commander 
in chief of the Asiatic Fleet will report 
on the commandant of the naval sta¬ 
tions, Olongapo and Cavite. 

Note.— (b) The commander m chief, 
Pacific Fleet, will report on the com¬ 
manding officer, marine detachment 
American Legation, Managua, Nicara¬ 
gua, and the commander in chief, Asi¬ 
atic Fleet, will report on the command¬ 
ing officer, marine detachment, Amer¬ 
ican Legation, Peking, China. 

Commander of a force other than “de¬ 
stroyer” or “submarine.” 


Chief of a bureau. 

Note.— The Chief of Bureau of Nav¬ 
igation will report on the Superintend¬ 
ent of the Naval Academy, on the 
supervisor of naval auxiliaries, and on 
the commandants of training stations. 


Officer in charge of a recruiting division.. 


Officer in charge of a recruiting station... 

Director of Naval Communications. 

Divisional superintendents. 


Officers reported upon. 


1. President of the General Board. 

2. Chief of Naval Operations. 

3. The Major General Commandant. 

4. Chiefs of bureaus. 

5. Judge Advocate General. 

6. Aids to the Secretary of the Navy. 

7. Other officers who may perform special or 

temporary duty under his immediate 
ordefs. 

1. Officers on duty in the office proper of the 

Chief of Naval Operations. 

2. Heads of offices under the office of the Chief 

of Naval Operations. 

3. Commanders in chief of fleets. 

4. Flag officers afloat, not attached to fleets. 

5. Commandants of all naval stations except 

those under the commander in chief of 
the Asiatic Fleet, the naval station at 
Guantanamo, the Naval Academy, and 
training stations. 

6. Other officers who may perform special or 

temporary duty under his immediate 
orders. 

1. Officers of his staff. 

2. Members and secretaries of the General 

Board, and officers not members at¬ 
tached thereto. 

1. Commanders of the various forces of his 

fleet and of the train. 

2. The commanding officer of his fleet flag¬ 

ship. 

3. The commanding officer of his tender. 

4. Officers of his staff. 

5. Officers ordered to temporary duty in his 

fleet, the performance of which falls un¬ 
der his immediate cognizance. 

6. Commanding officers of Marine Corps ad 

vanced base or other expeditionary 
forces serving under his command. 


1. Squadron and division commanders under 

his command. 

2. Officers of his staff. 

3. Commanding officers of vessels attached to 

his force, but not attached to a division 
of his force. 

4. Officers ordered to temporary duty in his 

force, the performance of which falls un¬ 
der his immediate cognizance. 

5. Commanding officers of Marine Corps ad¬ 

vanced base or other expeditionary 
forces serving under his command. 

1. Officers on duty in his bureau. 

2. Heads of offices or establishments under 

his bureau. 

3. The senior inspecting officer at each private 

shore establishment who represents the 
bureau in connection with the manufac¬ 
ture of material or the construction of 
vessels. 

1. Officers on duty in his office. 

2. Officers in charge of all main recruiting 

stations. 

1. Officers on duty in his office. 

2. Officers in charge of his substations (if any) 

1. Divisional (coast) radio superintendents. 

2. Officers under his immediate orders. 

1. District radio superintendents. 

2. Officers under their immediate orders. 

















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Reporting senior. 


Commander of a destroyer or submarine 
force. 


Division commander. 


Flotilla commander. 


Commanding officer of a ship.. 

Commandant of a navy yard or naval 
station. 

Note. —In the case of the Superin¬ 
tendent of the Naval Academy, that 
officer shall report upon the heads of 
both yard and academic departments 
and divisions. 


1. The president of a permanent board.. 

2. The head of a division or department 

at a navy yard or naval station. 

3. The commanding officer of marines at 

a navy yard or naval station. 

' Other heads of special service 


Officers reported upon. 


The major general commandant. 


Head of 
Corps. 


Staff Department of Marine 


The officer in charge of recruiting at head¬ 
quarters. 

Officer commanding advanced base force 
and brigade commanders. 


Regimental commander. 


1 . 

2 . 


Commanders of the flotillas. 

Commanders of divisions of his command 
who are not attached to flotillas. 

Commanders of vessels of his command 
who are not attached to divisions or 
flotillas of force. 

Officers of his staff. 

Officers ordered to temporary duty in his 
force, the performance of which falls 
under his immediate cognizance. 

Commanding officers of vessels of his divi¬ 
sion. 

Officers of his staff. 

Officers of his staff. 

Division commanders of his flotilla. 

Commanding officers of vessels of his flo¬ 
tilla which are not assigned to a division 
of his flotilla. 

All officers under his command. 

Officers of his staff. 

Commanding officers of ships attached to 
his station. 

Heads of yard departments and divisions. 

On all other officers under his command, 
except those attached to ships, and those 
attached to the yard or station who are 
subordinate to the head of a department 
or a division, or to the commanding offi¬ 
cer of the marines. 


v 


Officers performing duty under their imme¬ 
diate orders. 


1 . 

2 . 

3. 

4. 


5. 


Heads of staff departments. 

Aids of major general commandant. 

Officers on duty in his office. 

Commanding officers of advanced base of 
other forces of Marine Corps not under 
command of a naval officer. 

Commanding officers of marine barracks or 
Marine Corps rifle ranges not under com¬ 
mand of a naval officer. 

Officers on duty in his office, and officers of 
his department on duty elsewhere not 
under command of a naval or marine 
officer. 

Officers in charge of recruiting divisions. 

Officer in charge of recruiting publicity 
bureau. 

Regimental commanders. 

Officers of his staff. 

Battalion commanders of battalions not 
assigned to regiments. 

Company officers of companies attached to 
brigade headquarters. 

Battalion commanders. 

Regimental staff officers. 

Company officers of companies attached to 
regimental headquarters. 

All officers attached to his battalion. 

All officers under his command. 


Battalion commander. 

Commanding officer of a marine barracks, 
a marine detachment of a shore station, 
and a Marine Corps rifle range. 

Officer in charge of recruiting division... 1. All officers on duty in his division. 

N ote.— An officer on special service for which there ls no reporting senior shall submit 
his reports of fitness direct, to the Bureau of Navigation. Naval attaches shall be re¬ 
ported upon by Director of Naval Int higencc. 

Note.— An officer of the Marine Corps on duty the nature of 
which is shell that there is no reporting senior shall submit his 
reports on fitness to the major general commandant. 


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(3) The commanding officer of a ship shall require the execu¬ 
tive officer to report to him on the fitness of all heads of depart¬ 
ments and other officers attached to the ship, and shall, in addi¬ 
tion, require the heads of ship departments to report to him on 
the fitness of officers who have performed duty under their orders. 
These reports rendered to the commanding officer by the executive 
officer and heads of departments are for his use in making his 
report on the fitness of all officers under his command, and shall 
not be forwarded to the department unless, in unusual cases, 
the commanding officer deems such procedure advisable, in which 
event he shall state the reason therefor. 

(4) The reports of commanding officers of ships upon their 
subordinates shall, when complete in all details, be sent direct 
to the Bureau of Navigation or the commandant of the Marine 
Corps, as the case may be. 

(5) The reports by heads of departments or divisions of navy 
yards and naval stations on their subordinates shall be forwarded 
to the commandant for his comment and indorsement, with special 
reference to military questions. When complete in all details 
the reports shall be sent direct to the Bureau of Navigation or 
the commandant of the Marine Corps, as the case may be. 

(6) A division commander shall forward the reports on the 
fitness of commanding officers of his division direct to the Bureau 
of Navigation. 

(7) The Director of Naval Intelligence shall report to the 
Bureau of Navigation the names of all officers who, from reports 
submitted, have excellent local or general knowledge of any place, 
or show special aptitude for intelligence work. 

(8) The marks and comment shall cover only the period of time 
stated in the reports. Whenever any portion of the report made 
by the reporting senior is in any sense unfavorable, the reasons 
shall be clearly stated under the head of “ Remarks ” and the 
entire report shall be referred to the officer reported upon for 
his statement with regard to the unfavorable portion,' and the 
report and statement shall be returned without delay to the 
reporting senior. If the officer reported upon does not desire 
to make a statement, he shall so state in writing. Reporting 
seniors are not required to give answers to queries which are 
beyond their personal knowledge. 

(9) Reporting seniors shall always place under “ Remarks ” a 
brief expression of their opinion of the professional ability of the 
officers reported upon, this to be in addition to any other comment 
that they may deem pertinent and necessary to make the reports 
complete and adequate to their purpose. They shall particularly 
state whether or not the officers previously reported upon unfavor¬ 
ably show improvement as regards the deficiencies in question. 

(10) The importance of keeping the efficiency records of officers 
continuously complete in all respects requires prompt rendition of 
the same, and the responsibility is twofold—that of the officer re¬ 
ported upon to submit his report at the necessary times to his 
reporting senior, and the responsibility of the second named to see 
that the, reports, are promptly submitted to him by those upon 
whom he reports, and his own responsibility with respect to the 
expeditious completion of the reports and the forwarding of the 
same according to the instructions that apply to each case. 

(11) Whenever a medical officer makes an entry in a health 
record that indicates the use by any officer of intoxicants or drugs 
that tend to disqualify him physically, mentally, or morally for 


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service, he shall immediately submit a written statement of the 
fact, quoting the entry, to the commanding officer of the ship, the 
commandant of the navy yard or naval station, or the division 
commander or the commander in chief (through official channels), 
as the case may be, and this officer shall immediately proceed with 
reference to said entry in the manner provided in paragraph 4 
above, respecting unfavorable answers made by him to queries 
contained in the prescribed form of reports on fitness; and shall 
forward a copy of the same, the statement in regard thereto of 
the officer concerned, and such comments as he may deem proper, 
with his semiannual report of fitness to the department. Noth¬ 
ing herein contained shall preclude the further investigations and 
proceedings prescribed in chapter 13, section 1, Navy Regulations. 

(12) Special reports, in letter form, shall be made at any time 
that occasion may arise of— 

(a) Distinguished conduct in battle; 

(b) Conspicuous acts of valor or devotion in line of duty ; 

( c ) Extraordinary courage, ability, or resource in time of 
peril or great responsibility. 

These provisions shall be strictly construed and not extended to 
cover acts of duty that, although out of the ordinary course, are 
yet not uncommon in seafaring or military life. The regular re¬ 
ports of fitness shall comprise as complete an estimate as prac¬ 
ticable of an officer’s performance of duty, special and ordinary, 
during the period in question. 

(d) Serious misconduct or marked inefficiency shall also be 
made the subject of a special report, a copy to be referred to the 
officer concerned for such statement as he may choose to make 
in reply. 

(e) Officers temporarily detached or absent from their regular 
stations, on duty out of or additional to the regular course, shall be 
reported on by the senior under whom the special or additional 
duty is performed, the report, in letter form, to be sent to the 
officer’s regular commanding officer for his information and to be 
appended to the next regular report of fitness. This paragraph 
shall not apply to duty on courts, boards, surveys, etc. 

(13) An officer’s record on file shall include the following re¬ 
ports as to his qualifications and performance of duty: 

(a) Reports on fitness. 

(fr) Special reports as prescribed in paragraph 6 above. 

(c) Extracts from the findings and recommendations of courts 
or boards concerning the officer’s performance of duty. 

(d) Reports from sources outside the Navy concerning an 
officer’s performance of duty or his character; nothing unfavor¬ 
able shall be filed without the knowledge of the officer concerned 
and investigation. 

(e) Commendation or censure by a superior other than the 
officer who makes the report of fitness, provided it is based upon 
the findings of a court or a board or upon the writer’s own 
knowledge of the facts, but not when founded solely upon infor¬ 
mation from the officer who makes the regular report of fitness 
in the case. 

(/) Statements of the officer in reply to any unfavorable matter 
on his record. 

The fitness of an officer for the serv ice, with respects to promo¬ 
tion and assignment to duty, is determined by his record. Re¬ 
ports on fitness and special reports are decisive of the service 
career of the individual officer, and have important influence on 


196 ; 


Keports on 
officers on de¬ 
tached or inde¬ 
pendent duty. 


the efficiency of the entire service. The preparation of these re¬ 
ports is therefore one of the most important and responsible 
duties of superior officers. 

(g) Proposed letters of admonition or commendation to officers 
of the Navy drafted by the Chief of Naval Operations or by a 
chief of a bureau, copies of which it is desired to have placed 
with an officer’s record, will be placed before,the Secretary for 
approval by the Bureau of Navigation; if approved, the official 
letter will be prepared and presented for signature by said 
bureau. 

(14) Officers in command of vessels, squadrons, or flotillas not 
attached to a fleet, shall forward reports on fitness in their cases, 
duly, filled out in those respects in which officers are required to 
report upon themselves, to the Chief of Naval Operations. Upon 
receipt these reports shall be completed, as far as practicable, by 
the Chief of Naval Operations and forwarded to the Bureau of 
Navigation. 

(U>) When commanding officers of vessels, squadrons, or flo¬ 
tillas, not attached to a fleet, are in the presence of a senior 
officer, ashore or afloat, for a period of one month or more, the 
senior officer shall furnish such commanding officers with state¬ 
ments as to their performance of duty during that period, which 
statements shall be forwarded with the commanding officers’ re¬ 
ports of fitness to the department (Operations). Similarly, senior 
officers who have spent a month or more at any insular naval 
station, except Guantanamo and Olongapo, shall furnish the com¬ 
mandant of the station with a statement to be forwarded by the 
commandant with his report of fitness. 

(10) After a naval action or campaign, and after service on 
shore with an expeditionary force or force of occupation, an entry 
shall be made on each officer’s report of fitness of his participation 
therein, stating the kind of service performed, giving dates and 
the names of any engagements in which he took part. 

708. (1) The health record of every officer shall be placed in 
the custody of the medical officer of the ship or station to which 
he is attached, and it shall be the duty of the medical officer to 
keep such record complete and to forward it through official 
channels to the ship or station to which the officer may be trans¬ 
ferred. 

(2) Every officer shall inform the medical officer in whose 
custody his health record may be of his detachment, promotion, 
or of orders to appear before a medical board for medical survey, 
promotion, or retirement. 

(3) In the case of an order for an officer to appear before a 
board involving a physical examination, the health record shall be 
forwarded through his commanding officer, if practicable, other¬ 
wise direct, to the senior member of such board for its consider¬ 
ation, and the entry of the findings and recommendations of the 
board. 

(4) Upon the completion of the physical examination of an 
officer by a board the record shall be forwarded as follows: 

(a) To the medical officer of the station or ship to which as¬ 
signed. 

(fr) In the case of officers unassigned, recommended to be 
granted sick leave or recommended to appear before another 
board, or other contingency when a proper destination is not 
obvious, to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, accompanied by 
a statement of the circumstances in the case. 


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(5) When ail officer is ordered to duty Where there is no mecii- 
officer, or granted leave, or is otherwise permanently removed 

from the observation of the medical officer having custody of his 
record, it shall he forwarded to the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery. 

(6) Officers on duty or leave where there is no medical officer 
on duty shall furnish the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery with a 
report of any disability incurred while so employed, this report 
to become a part of the official health record of the officer. 

700. (1) All officers on the active list of the Navy and Marine Periodical 
Corps, whether serving afloat or ashore, except midshipmen at Physical exer- 
the Naval Academy, shall take a monthly exercise, consisting of Clse ’ 
a walk of ten miles, to be completed in not more than four nor 
less than three consecutive hours. Within the Tropics, or at any 
place where the temperature is 80° F. or higher at the time of the 
exercise, the distance walked and the time required shall he two- 
thirds those stated above for normal conditions. 

(2) Commanders in chief, commandants, and commanding ofli- 
cers shall see that all officers under Iheir command are given op¬ 
portunity to prepare for and take the exercises required, and they 
shall order the boards for their physical examination called for by 
paragraph 5 of these instructions. It is'the duty of the officer him¬ 
self to signify his readiness and to request permission to take the 
first monthly exercise in each year when opportunity occurs. 

Similarly, for succeeding months, the officer himself is responsible. 

In all cases of the exercise being omitted for any month Without 
previously obtained authority therefor, the officer will immediately 
report the circumstances to his commanding officer. 

(8) Officers on detached duty, such as the Bureau of Fisheries, 
inspection, recruiting, etc., are authorized to undertake the exer¬ 
cises at their convenience, subject to the provisions of this order. 

In cases where the services of a medical officer are not available to 
make the prescribed physical examinations during the month of 
January, the officer will proceed with the exercise for that month 
and succeeding ones, provided he is not cognizant of any physical 
reason making such procedure inadvisable; and the required physi¬ 
cal examinations shall be made, before and after taking the exer¬ 
cise for the month, as soon as the services of a medical officer be¬ 
come available. In the absence of a naval medical officer, if the 
services of a medical officer of the Army or Public Health Service 
can be secured for conducting the prescribed physical examina¬ 
tions, officers will avail themselves of them. Whether the medical 
examinations have been undergone or not, officers will make the 
annual report in January, stating whether the exercise has been 
faken for the month of January and the preceding eleven months, 
as prescribed in paragraph 6 below, using the prescribed forms if 
available; otherwise, by letter; in either case sending the report 
to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for file, or for recommenda¬ 
tion and further transmittal to the Bureau of Navigation in those 
cases requiring further action. 

(4) If the officer concerned is cognizant of any physical or other 
reason making it apparently inadvisable or impracticable for him 
to take the exercise for any month, he shall at once report the 
matter to his commanding officer, or, if on detached duty, to the 
senior charged with making his report on fitness. The command¬ 
ing officer or the other senior mentioned will decide whether the 
officer concerned shall be excused, noting the fact, with the grounds 
for excusing him, on his next report of fitness. The office)’ con- 


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Insular 

ice. 


cerned also shall note the fact of being excused, and the reason for 
it, in his annual report of taking the physical exercise. Should 
unexpected circumstances arise to prevent taking the exercise in 
any month by an officer who had not been nor sought to he ex¬ 
cused, he shall take the exercise twice during the suceeding month, 
the first time to be as early in the month as practicable. The 
fact of such a delay will be reported to his commanding officer or 
other senior and noted in the reports the same as being excused. 
Pressure of work shall not be regarded as sufficient ground for 
excusing any officer from a monthly exercise or for postponing it 
to the next month. 

(5) Before taking the January exercise in each calendar year, 
each officer &hall be examined by a board of medical officers to de¬ 
termine whether the officer is physically fit to perform all the ac¬ 
tive duties of his grade, and whether the prescribed exercise may 
be taken without danger to him. Immediately after the comple¬ 
tion of this exercise, or within three hours thereafter, if practi¬ 
cable, the same board of officers shall reexamine the officer. 

(6) The report of the board of medical officers relative to the 
physical examination of officers shall be submitted on the pre¬ 
scribed form, which shall also bear the certificate of the officer con¬ 
cerned that he has taken the exercise for January and for each of 
the eleven months preceding. If the exercise for any month were 
omitted, state the authority and reason for it, as required by para¬ 
graph 4, above. No other report of these exercises shall be sub¬ 
mitted except in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3, 
above. 

(7) In every case in which an officer is found by the medical 
examining board to be unfit to take the exercise, or fails to com¬ 
plete the exercise for physical reasons, and his physical disability 
be of a permanent nature, he shall be ordered before a retiring 
board. If the retiring board finds him to be fit to perform his 
regular duties, it shall recommend whether he shall be perma¬ 
nently excused from taking the physical exercise or excused only 
for a limited period, and, if the latter, for what length of time. 
Should he be found disqualified to perform his duties, the retiring 
board shall proceed as is customary in such cases. 

(B) In the case of a disability of a temporary character in 
which there is expectation of recovery within a reasonable time, 
the officer may he excused from taking the exercise during such 
period as the senior officer deciding the case may deem advisable, 
but lie will be required to take the necessary steps to promote the 
removal of his disability. In case of refusal or neglect to submit 
to operation or undergo treatment as prescribed, the case will he 
considered on its merits. 

(0) In ease of disability incurred in line of duty coming within 
the provisions of section 3404. Revised Statutes, the officer is ex¬ 
cused from taking the physical exercise. 

(10) If an officer lakes the exercise contrary to the advice of 
the medical examining board he does so at his own risk, and fur¬ 
ther action is not affected thereby. 

(11) The attention of officers is called to the benefits obtained 
by practicing the Miiller system of physical exercises, of which il 
is suggested they avail themselves as frequently and regularly as 
practicable. 

hpi-v- 7io. Service performed on shore in Cuba, Porto Rico, Guam, 
the Samoan Islands, and on the Asiatic Station will be considered 
as the equivalent of duty performed on board a cruising ship, so 
far as computing an officer’s cruise is concerned. 


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711. (1) All persons belonging to the Navy must strictly con¬ 
form to such regulations for uniforms as may be published from 
time to time by the Navy Department. 

(2) The clothes, arms, military outfits, and accouterments fur¬ 
nished by the United States to any enlisted person in the Navy 
or Marine Corps, or required by such persons as a part of their 
prescribed uniforms or outfits, shall not be sold, bartered, ex- 
hanged, pledged, loaned, or given away, except by competent 
authority therefor. 

712. All representatives of the Navy Department in charge of 
the construction of public works shall report to the department 
all cases in which contractors or subcontractors on works under 
construction require or permit laborers or mechanics in their em¬ 
ploy to work over eight hours in any one calendar day. When¬ 
ever such reports showing work in excess of eight hours a day 
are received by the department they shall be referred to the De¬ 
partment of Justice for appropriate' action. 

713. (1) The instructions in regard to the care, distribution, 
and disposition of the confidential publications relative to gunnery 
exercises and engineering performances contained in this article 
shall be strictly followed. 

(2) These publications are issued confidentially and are not to 
pass out of the hands of officers. Under no circumstances shall 
their contents be explained or divulged to persons not regularly 
connected with th£ naval service. It is desired that all features 
of the system of training be held as confidential, and therefore it 
is directed that foreigners or persons not directly connected with 
the naval service be given as little information as is consistent 
with professional etiquette. 

(3) Each officer receiving copies of the publications in ques¬ 
tion will at once sign the attached blank receipts (to be found 
inside the fly leaves) and return them through his commanding 
officer to the Navy Department (Operations) ; will consider him¬ 
self personally responsible for the safe-keeping of these publica¬ 
tions, will keep them in his own possession, and will be prepared 
to turn them in at once when called upon by the department to 
do so. Officers will therefore not turn their publications in to 
commanding oflicers on detachment, nor will they transfer them 
to other officers except in special cases, when a receipt for each 
publication so transferred will be forwarded to the Navy Depart¬ 
ment (Operations) by the officer receiving same. 

(4) Any officer receiving copies of the above-mentioned publi¬ 
cations and not wishing to retain them permanently may at any 
time return them to the Navy Department (Operations), and his 
receipts will be destroyed or returned to him; and if subsequently 
he should require any of these publications they will be forwarded 
on request 

(5) In forwarding these publications through the mail they 
will in all cases be registered. 

(6) (a) In the event of an officer’s death, dismissal, or resigna¬ 
tion from the service, bis commanding officer will cause liis copies 
of these publications to be returned to the Navy Department (Op¬ 
erations) by registered mail. 

(b) When an officer submits liis resignation, lie will forward 
to the department a list enumerating all the technical papers and 
notebooks relating to the naval service which are in his posses¬ 
sion, accompanied by a request specifying the books or papers 
which he desires to retain. The books or papers which he does 


Conformance 
to uniform regu¬ 
lations. 

Clothes, arms, 
etc., not to he 
sold. etc. 


Contract work 
not to exceed 
eight hours per 
day. 


Confide ntlal 
publications. 



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Authority 
photograph 
val subjects. 


Teleph 

service. 


not specify he desires to retain will be forwarded to the appro¬ 
priate office or bureau of the Navy Department. Officers resigning 
are warned of the provisions of the national defense Secrets act. 

(7) Should an officer lose any of these publications, this fact 
will immediately be reported to the Navy Department (Opera¬ 
tions). 

(S) As it is important that the contents of these publications be 
held as confidential, officers are informed that in case the loss of 
same can not be satisfactorily explained the department will take 
such action in the matter as the circumstances seem to warrant. 

(9) Upon the receipt of a supply of these publications com¬ 
manding officers will distribute them to the officers under their 
command and will promptly forward the receipts of these officers 
to the Navy Department (Operations). In case it is desired to 
retain copies of these publications for issue to officers who may be 
on leave, etc., this fact will be reported to the Navy Department 
(Operations), stating the title and register numbers of the publi¬ 
cations which are retained and the names of the officers for whom 
they are intended. 

(10) The manifest importance of maintaining the contents of 
these publications as confidential should of itself be sufficient to 
incite the cooperation of every officer in attaining this end. 

to 714. (1) Permission to make photographs, photographic plates 
na * or films, or moving picture films of naval vessels or parts thereof; 
of navy yards and stations, or of any establishments under the 
jurisdiction of the Navy; or of any device belonging to the Navy 
or intended for use thereof, shall he granted only by the Navy 
Department (Office of Naval Intelligence), under such detailed 
instructions as may be issued by general order. 

(2) No person, not in the naval service, shall be allowed to 
take on board any naval vessel, nor into any navy yard, station, 
or establishment under the jurisdiction of the Navy, any photo¬ 
graphic apparatus, without displaying written permission from 
proper authority. 

(3) All photographs taken on board ship, or in naval establish¬ 
ments ashore by persons belonging to the Navy shall be submitted 
for censorship to the commanding officer or the commandant, as 
the case may be, or to a responsible officer designated by him, and 
if condemned shall be destroyed, together with the films from 
which printed. 

one 715. (1) Telephone service for officers on inspection duty at 
private yards and establishments will be allowed when deemed 
necessary, as provided in this article. 

(2) When such yard or establishment is equipped with a pri¬ 
vate branch exchange from the local telephone company a tele¬ 
phone will be allowed for the desk of each inspecting officer, sub¬ 
ject to the restrictions as to the use of outside service established 
herein. 

(3) When such yard or establishment has a separate interior 
and exterior service, an interior telephone will be allowed for the 
desk of each inspecting officer, and one exterior telephone will be 
allowed for the use of the several officers on inspection duty at 
one plant, such station to be centrally located. 

(4) The amounts paid for such service will be pro rata with the 
charges made or expenses incurred for the full service at the yard 
or establishment, and no greater amount will be paid for rental of 
equipment or for messages than is paid by the yard or establish¬ 
ment for similar service. A copy of the contract should therefore 


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accompany a requisition for such telephone service; and in the 
case of an exterior connection which is to be used by more than 
one inspecting officer a plan or sketch showing the location of the 
desks of the inspecting officers and of the proposed telephone will 
also be forwarded to the department. 

(5) Where no private branch exchange or interior service is 
installed, application may be made for permission to make ar¬ 
rangements for use of a single instrument, either in partial use 
of a single instrument or for an extension set, but full details as 
to the necessity for the service and its cost will be forwarded. 

(6) Message-rate telephone service allowed under the terms of 
this order will be for official business only, and inspecting officers 
will be held responsible for the enforcement of this requirement. 

Toll-rate or long-distance messages will only be sent by the in¬ 
specting officer or upon his written permission, and a daily report 
of such messages, if any, will be forwarded to the department. 

716. The duties of the United States Board on Geographic Board on geo- 
Names include that of determining, changing, and fixing place sraohic names, 
names within the United States and its insular possessions, and 

all names hereafter suggested for any place by any officer or 
employee of the Government shall be referred to said board for 
its consideration and approval before publication. In these mat¬ 
ters, as in all cases of disputed nomenclature, the decisions of the 
board are to be accepted by the departments-of Government as the 
standard authority. 

717. No alterations whatever affecting the design of the stand- Alterations of 
ard Navy racing cutter shall be made to any such boat after it is prohibited, 
issued to a ship. Any such boat which may be found to have been 

altered shall be restored immediately to the condition in which it 
was when issued. It is essential that uniformity of design of the 
boats should be strictly maintained in order that boat racing may 
afford a test of personnel rather than of materiel. 

718. In the went of any person of the naval service, either cure of cf- 
ou board ship or at a naval station, becoming mentally or physi-fects of dis- 
eally incapacitated under such circumstances as to render it im- aMed P efSons * 
practicable for him to care for his personal effects, the command¬ 
ing officer shall cause such effects to be collected and inventoried 

by an officer and held in appropriate safe-keeping until the recov¬ 
ery or transfer of the owner. The inventory shall be prepared in 
duplicate and duly certified by the officer making it. Should the 
patient be transferred, a copy of the inventory with a statement 
of the disposition of his effects shall accompany his transfer 
papers. 


CHAPTER 6. 


QUARTERS and messes of officers on BOARD SHIP. 
Section 1.—Officers’ Quarters. 


801. (1) When no flag officer is embarked in a ship having two Quarters of 
cabins the commanding officer of the ship may occupy either pabiij. commanding of- 

802. (1) A chief of staff other than the commanding officer of flC Q r *. trters 

a flagship shall be provided for in the quarters of the flag officer, chief of staff. 0 

(2) The commanding officer of the ship shall not be required to Flagship with 
share his accommodations with a chief of staff; if there is but one s,ngle cabln * 




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Wardroom of¬ 
ficers. 


Staterooms for 
vrardr o o m offi¬ 
cers. 


Staff may be 
accommo dated 
In cabin. 


Junior offi¬ 
cers. 


Other officers. 


cabin available for the flag officer, the commanding officer of the 
ship, and the chief of staff, they shall occupy it jointly, and the 
choice of accommodation shall he in the order named. 

803. All commissioned officers not in command, above the rank 
of ensign, shall he wardroom officers. Ensigns assigned to duty as 
watch and division officers, either on deck or in the engineer de¬ 
partment, shall also be wardroom officers. 

804. (1) When the wardroom staterooms are arranged sym¬ 
metrically on both sides of the ship, the forward room on the star- 
hoard side shall be occupied by the executive officer and the next 
three rooms by the gunnery officer, navigating officer, and first 
lieutenant, in the order named. All other rooms on the starboard 
side shall he occupied by line officers not detailed for engineering 
duties, in the order of rank. 

(2) On the port side the forward room shall be occupied by the 
engineer officer of the ship, the second by the supply officer of the 
ship, the third by the medical officer of the ship, the fourth by the 
marine officer of the ship (if there he one), the fifth by the 
chaplain (if there he one), and the others by the remaining staff 
officers, marine officers, and line officers detailed for engineer¬ 
ing duties, entitled to quarters in the wardroom, in the order of 
their rank. 

(3) Spare rooms shall he assigned by (lie commanding officer, 
and in making such assignments he shall give preference to 
officers who keep a watch, either on deck or in the engineer de¬ 
partment. 

(4) In ships having staterooms arranged otherwise than as 
above mentioned, a plan of assignment of quarters will he sup¬ 
plied from the department before the ship is commissioned. 

(5) When not actually needed for a chief of staff, the quarters 
for such officer, when not within the cabin limits, may he occu¬ 
pied by the executive officer. 

805. A flag officer may assign quarters in his own cabin to any 
member of his staff; and while so accommodated he shall mess 
with the flag officer and have no title to quarters elsewhere. ( Art. 
It. ISIS.) 

800. Ensigns not. watch and division officers, second lieutenants 
in the Marine Corps not in command of detachments, and officers 
of the Pay Corps having the rank of ensign and not regularly as¬ 
signed to duty as supply officer of the ship shall occupy the junior 
officers’ quarters. 

807, Each commissioned warrant officer and warrant officer 


shall have a room forward of the junior officers’ quarters if ; there 
be sufficient space, or elsewhere as may he provided in the design 
of the ship; if necessary, two of them shall occupy one room 
jointly. The rooms shall he occupied as designated by the de¬ 
partment. 

Passengers. 80S. No officer embarked as a passenger shall be entitled to a 
stateroom to the exclusion of an officer belonging to the comple¬ 
ment of the ship. 

Storerooms not 809. No storeroom or office shall he used for a sleeping aparf- 
to be used for ment except by authority of the department, nor shall any such 
other purposes. room p e llse d f or arl y other purpose than the public service for 
which it. is allotted, unless in cases of emergency, in which case 
the emergency and consequent changes shall be immediately re¬ 
ported to the department. 


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Section 2.— Officers’ Messes. 

821. (1) Officers shall mess in the apartments assigned there- Messing of of- 
for, except as hereinafter provided. Separate messes shall not be ficers * 
formed in the same apartment, nor shall meals be taken in rooms 

or at other places than at the regular mess table, except in case 
of sickness. 

(2) The commanding officer and other officers attached to a re- Receiving 
ceiving ship shall live and mess on board unless specially shl r- 
exempted by the Secretary of the Navy. 

822. Cabin officers in ships with two cabins may form one mess CaWn mc8ses - 
if they desire. A flag officer may have any of his staff in his 

mess. 

823. Officers embarked as passengers shall mess in the apart- Officers as pas* 

ment to which they would belong if attached to the ship. sengers. 

824. (1) In all officers’ messes the senior line officer present Senior line of- 
in line of succession to the command shall preside and have the ficer t0 prcsidc * 
power to preserve order. (Art. R. 1412.) 

(2) When no line officer in succession to the command is pres¬ 
ent, the senior officer present, whether of the staff or of the 
Marine Corps, shall preside. 

(3) The officers of the mess shall be assigned permanent seats 
at the mess tables alternately, in the order of rank, to the right 
and left of the presiding officer, except that the seat opposite that 
of the presiding officer shall be occupied by the mess treasurer. 

825. (1) Each officers’ mess shall elect a mess treasurer, who Mess treasurer, 
shall have charge of all matters relating to the service and ex¬ 
penditure of the mess. All officers of a mess are eligible to elec¬ 
tion as mess treasurer, and if elected shall so serve; but no officer 

shall be required to serve more than two months consecutively. 

(2) The mess treasurer shall keep an account of all receipts and Mess treasur- 
expenditures, from which an abstract of the financial conditioner’s accounts, 
of the mess may at any time be ascertained. At the close of each 

month he shall render to the mess a statement of the accounts 
of the mess, showing in detail all sums owed to or by the mess 
and the names of the persons by or to whom owed, his receipts and 
expenditures, and contracts entered into for future delivery of 
supplies. The books of the mess shall be produced whenever 
called for by the commanding or executive officer. 

(3) He shall incur no indebtedness which can not be discharged 
by the funds appropriated for the mess, and he shall see that all 
bills are paid before leaving port. If, however, from the unex¬ 
pected sailing of the ship, or from circumstances beyond his con¬ 
trol, he is forced to leave any bills unpaid, he shall report the 
number and amount to the commanding officer, who will take all 
measures to have them paid as soon as possible. 

(4) He shall detail mess attendants for duty within the mess 
subject in permanent details, to confirmation by the executive 
officer. 

(5) The mess treasurer’s accounts shall be audited monthly by Auditing moss 
a board composed of three officers designated by the commanding accounts, 
officer. The auditing board shall,*after examining the accounts 

and satisfying itself as to their condition, certify them by signa¬ 
ture with such comment as may be desirable and then submit them 
to the commanding officer by the tenth of the month. If the con¬ 
dition of the mess, as shown by the mess treasurer’s accounts or 
(he report of the board, be unsatisfactory in any respect, the com¬ 
manding officer shall take appropriate action or, if necessary, re- 


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Before pro¬ 
ceeding on 
cruise. 


Mess bills. 


port the matter to higher authority. The board appointed to 
audit the accounts of the last month of any quarter shall take an 
inventory of the stock of the mess and include a statement thereof 
in its report to the commanding officer. 

(6) When a vessel is in a United States port and preparing to 
proceed on a cruise the commanding officer may sanction supplies 
for officers’ messes being received on board, at the risk of the deal¬ 
ers, to be paid for as consumed in not less than quarterly install¬ 
ments; provided the dealer shall agree thereto in writing. A state¬ 
ment of all agreements so made and the payments thereon shall 
be included in the mess treasurer’s accounts each month until the 
obligation is fully discharged. 

(7) Neither the steward nor any other person shall, without 
written authority from the mess treasurer, be permitted to incur 
indebtedness on shore in the name of the mess. 

82(>. (1) Every officer attached to a seagoing ship shall pay 
monthly, in advance, the full amount of the mess bill to the mess 


treasurer; and no officer shall be excused from such payment ex¬ 
cept as provided in the succeeding paragraphs of this article. 

(2) An officer ordered on detached duty or sent to a hospital 
shall be entitled to a rebate of the full amount of his mess bill 
for the period of his absence. An officer ordered temporarily to 
duty away from the ship to which lie is attached, so that he does 
not avail himself of the privileges of the mess during such ab¬ 
sence, is “ ordered on detached duty ” within the meaning of this 
paragraph, even though such duty should be “ in addition to his 
present duty.” 

(3) An officer granted leave of absence for more than ten days, 
including travel time, shall be entitled to a rebate of one-lialf the 
amount of his mess bill for the period of his actual absence; but no 
such rebate shall be allowed for a period of actual absence of ten 
days or less. 

Wine messes. 827. The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic 
liquors on board any naval vessel or within any navy yard or sta¬ 
tion is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held 
directly responsible for the enforcement of this order. 

Mess outfits. 828. Officers’ messes shall be held to a strict accountability for 
the mess Outfits of china, glass, plated tableware, towels, and 
linen. The wardroom, junior, and warrant officers’ messes may 
decline the whole or any part of such outfits. 


CHAPTER 7. 


A COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 15.) 

(Note. —When articles or paragraphs contained in this chapter 
have the marks *, f, t, or ft placed against their numbers, it shall 
be understood that these marks mean as follows: 

* That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by commanding officers, so far as they may be 
applicable to such officers and to existing conditions. 




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T That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by senior officers present, so far as they may be 
applicable to such officers and to existing conditions. 

? That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by division commanders, or, in the case of vessels 
other than battleships and battle cruisers and scouts, by squadron 
or flotilla commanders, so far as they may be applicable to such 
officers and to existing conditions. 

tt That the provisions of the article or paragraph so marked are 
to be carried out by force commanders so far as they may be ap¬ 
plicable to such officers and to existing conditions.) 

*»d fcr-oe ii.‘>] ,.,‘hii >ij, 1 ;/• jri ,m id ■>; noc me mltoij * dtlasdai 

Section 1.—On Assuming Command. 

902. (1) The commander in chief shall regulate exercises and to regulate 
sanitary duties in general instructions to his command. These in-exercises and 
structions must be in accordance with the laws and regulations sauit ary duties, 
governing the Navy, the orders emanating from the Secretary of 
the Navy, and the usages of the naval service. 

Section 2.—General Duties. 

908. The commander in chief shall make careful and frequent inspection o f 
inspections of the naval hospital and other places provided for the hospitals, 
sick within the limits of his command, and report their condition 
to the Secretary of the Navy. If unable to perform this duty him¬ 
self, he shall direct that it be performed by some line officer under 
his command, such officer being senior in rank to the medical officer 
in command of such hospital. If practicable, he shall require 
reports from the officer in command of the hospital as often as 
may be necessary in order to keep himself fully informed of the 
condition of the sick. 

9101$. (3) He shall also be governed by the following rules: 

( e) $ He shall at once report any contagious or infectious dis- Report lnfee- 
ease of a grave character that may break out in any of the ships tions disease, 
of his command. 

(4) {a) The sanitary condition of the command, with the per¬ 
centage of sick, number of deaths, and number sent to hospitals 
and invalided home. 

Section 4.—Personnel. 

. « . (| i - 1 . . . ; \ . 

952*f$ff. (1) The commander in chief shall take every reason- precautions 
able precaution to preserve the health of crews of ships serving on unhealthful 
in malarial and unhealthful regions. When in unhealtliful lo- stations, 
calities, and where necessary, native boatmen may be employed 
to attend the ship, in order to preserve the health of the crew. information 

(2) Upon arrival in port, lie.shall at once obtain information regarding health 
regarding the health of the neighborhood, and in case of the preva- 0 prtr s T1SI e * 
lence of infectious disease the commander in chief shall consult 
with the fleet surgeon and adopt such of the following precaution¬ 
ary measures as are consistent with the necessities of the ship 
and the exigencies of the service: 

(a) Restriction of liberty on shore either to certain hours or to Precautionary 
the transaction of important business; when necessary, total measures, 
deprivation of liberty. 

(b) Restriction of communication with the shore or other ships, 
either to market boat, mail boat, or chartered boat; when neces¬ 
sary, complete nonintercourse. 


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(c) Restriction of supplies (food, water, coal, and other stores) 
from shore. 

( d ) Modification of standing orders or routine regarding drill, 
dress, diet, etc., for the crew, and the ventilation and purification 
of the ship or any of its parts. 

(e) Control of any other conditions likely to affect the general 
health of the ship. 

in Tropics. (3) In tropical climates, and especially in unhealthful ports, 
ships shall be kept as cool and dry as possible. Awnings shall 
be' kept either spread or housed. 

Anchorage in (4) Infected ports shall be avoided if possible. When prac- 
unheaithf u l ticable, an anchorage in malarial and infected ports shall be 
port8 - selected to windward and at a distance of at least one mile from 

probable sources of infection. 

(5) The sanitary instructions issued by the department shall 
be strictly observed. 

Precautions 953*t$t$. When sick and disabled officers and men are about to 
when sending p e se nt home in a supply or chartered ship, the commander in 
the sick home, s hall order a board of officers, one of whom shall be an ex¬ 

perienced medical officer, to examine the ship and report to him 
in writing if she is suitable for the purpose, and if everything 
necessary has been provided for health and comfort, and if not, 
what deficiencies exist. He shall not permit such a ship to de¬ 
part until every possible provision necessary for the sick has been 
made. He shall detail from his command any extra medical 
officers that may be necessary to accompany such ships. 

How the sick 954*1$tf. (1) The commander in chief shall endeavor to send 
are to be sent i 10m e all sick and disabled officers and men by public ships, and 

ome * shall only charter vessels for the purpose on occasions of urgent 

necessity. 

(2) He may, at his discretion, send home by other conveyance 
patients condemned by medical survey whose physical condition 
renders it necessary to avoid the climatic influences, delay, or 
other conditions affecting health to which they would be subjected 
in a public ship. Under these circumstances officers are entitled 
to a first-class passage, and others as their physical condition may 
require, but not above second class. 

Ships on for- 955*t$tf. (1) When in command of a foreign station, in the 
about to'iiMor absence of instructions on the subject, the commander in chief 
home. shall transfer to ships about to sail for home all men whose terms 

of enlistment are about to expire, unless for some urgent reason 
connected with the public service it should be necessary to re¬ 
tain them. Men in such ships who have a long time to serve may 
be transferred to ships remaining on the station, to fill their 
complements; but this shall be done only when urgently necessary. 

(2) He shall endeavor to arrange the detail of officers for ships 
about to sail for home so that those who shall have been on con¬ 
tinuous sea service for three years may reach the United States at 
the expiration of that time. (Art. I. 5336 (2).) 

(3) He shall take advantage of every public conveyance to send 
home all prisoners and such other persons as may be necessary. 

Transportation (4) By direction of the Secretary of War, men and supplies 
l iorts rmy trans ’ pertaining to the Navy Department will, upon the request of the 
1)0 s ‘ senior naval officer present, be transported on the Army transport 

ships having accommodations not required for uses of the Army. 
When the vessel upon which such transportation is desired is 
about to sail from one of the ports of a military department, 
application therefor should be made to the military commander 


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of the department, and when it is impracticable to reach such 
commander, then to the military commander of the port of de¬ 
parture. When such transportation is desired upon a vessel 
about to sail from any port not within a military department, the 
transport quartermaster, may grant the same. 

956*tttt. The commander in chief shall report by telegraph to Officers trans- 
the Bureau of Navigation when officers are transferred to hos- , ferr< jf t° or fro,n 
pitals for treatment and when they return for duty. 


CHAPTER 8. 


A FLAG OFFICER NOT IN CHIEF COMMAND. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 16.) 

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1004. (1) The commander of a division of the battleship force Surveys, 
or bf the scout force, or the commander of a squadron or of a flo- hoards, and 
tilla of any other force shall order and act upon all medical apd^“‘^[ y co,,rts * 
other surveys within the limits of his command, but reports of 
boards of medical survey shall beforwarded for the action of the 
commander in chief when present. 


CHAPTER 9. 


THE STAFF OF A FLAG OFFICER AFLOAT. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 17.) 

Section 2.— The Staff of a Commander in Chief. 

1121. (1) The fleet surgeon, fleet paymaster, fleet naval con- Requisitions, 
structor, and fleet marine officer shall examine and pass upon all 
requisitions of ships of the fleet for the stores pertaining to their 
respective departments that require approval of the commander in 

chief. 

(2) They shall forward through the commander in chief all Correspoud- 
official reports, communications, and returns, whatever, their ence * 
destination, except correspondence with the Treasury Department 

arid the accounts and returns of the fleet paymaster. (Arts. I. 

2206 and I. 4923.) 

1122. (2) The fleet surgeon shall inspect the medical depart- Inspection of 
ment of each ship frequently, which inspection shall include the“®^ t cal depart " 
sick quarters, medical storeroom, instruments, hospital stores, and men s * 
medicines, and the journal and other records. 

(3) When so directed, he shall inspect the sanitary condition Sanitary in- 
of any ship, especially in cases of epidemics or where there is spections. 
much sickness on board, and in so doing he shall examine the con¬ 
dition of the coal bunkers, holds, bilges, closets, food, and water, 

and shall make any other inspections necessary to prevent sick¬ 
ness or to ascertain its, cause. In the case of every inspection he 
shall make a written report in detail to the commander in chief, 

and shall not fail to state therein if there is any evidence of 
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Consulta t i o n 
with medical of¬ 
ficers. 

Suggestions to 
commander i n 
chief. 


Inspection of 
naval hospitals. 


A report o f 
the killed and 
wounded. 


Official reports 
and returns. 


Bill of health. 


Effects de* 
stroyed to pre¬ 
vent spread of 
disease. 


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Capacity of the 
crew. 


neglect of duty or inefficiency on the part of any officer of the 
medical corps attached to sucli ship. 

(4) He shall consult frequently with the medical officers of the 
ships of the fleet in regard to hygienic measures in general, and 
as to the treatment of serious cases. 

(5) Whenever he deems it important, he shall make to the com¬ 
mander in chief any suggestions or reports, in writing, concern¬ 
ing the sanitary condition of the personnel of the fleet, the preven¬ 
tion of disease or how it may be checked, and the promotion of 
the care and comfort of the sick and wounded. 

(6) He shall inspect quarterly, if practicable, or oftener if or¬ 
dered, the sanitary condition of all naval hospitals and other 
places for treating the sick of the Navy within the limits of the 
command of the commander in chief and the methods of treating 
the patients therein; he shall report to the commander in chief, 
in writing, the result of his inspection. 

(7) He shall, after an action and from the reports of the 
medical officers of the ships of the fleet, make and forward to the 
commander in chief, for transmission to the Navy Department, a 
tabulated report of all the killed and wounded. 

(8) At the end of the year he shall forward to the Navy De¬ 
partment, through the commander in chief, a general sanitary re¬ 
port of the command. 


CHAPTER 11. 


THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF A SHIP. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 19.) 

Section 3.—General Duties. 

1312. Before proceeding to sea the commanding officer shall re¬ 
quire the medical officer to procure a bill of health in all cases in 
which it may be necessary or advisable. 

Section 4.—Personnel. 

1351. If it becomes necessary to destroy clothing or other per¬ 
sonal effects of officers or crew to prevent the spread of disease, 
the commanding officer shall order a survey as provided in article 
I. 4750. 


CHAPTER 12. 


THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A SHIP. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 20.) 

1402. The executive officer shall inform himself, so far as pos¬ 
sible, of the physical capacity, service, record, and experience of 
each man detailed for the crew, in order that he may station him 






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to the best advantage. Should he have any doubt of a man’s physi¬ 
cal ability to perform the duty required of him, he shall report 
the fact to the commanding officer. 

1407. After battle the executive officer shall submit to the com- After battle, 
manding officer a detailed report comprising all noteworthy inci¬ 
dents that have come to his notice, including a statement of the 
conduct of his subordinates, with particular mention of individual 
instances deserving praise or censure. 


CHAPTER 16. 


OFFICERS OF THE DECK, AND OF GUN, FIRE CONTROL, 

TORPEDO, AND POWDER DIVISIONS. 

(Navy Regulations, eh. 24.) 

Section 1.—Officers of the Deck. 

1802. (1) When stores or supplies for the ship come alongside, Stores and sup- 
the officer of the deck shall report the fact to the executive officer 1>lie8 * 
and notify the officer in whose charge they belong. He shall notify 
the medical officer of the ship when fresh provisions for the general 
mess come alongside. (Art. I. 4482.) 

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Section 2.— Officers Commanding Divisions. 

1822. Officers commanding divisions shall make themselves The fire bin. 
thoroughly conversant with the fire bill and carefully carry out 

its requirements. 

1823. (1) The commanding officers of divisions shall, whenever Requisitions 
necessary, have prepared and signed memorandum requisitions for by division offi- 
clothing and small stores or other articles required by the men. cers * 

They shall not permit requisitions to be submitted for any man 
more frequently than necessary with the exercise of reasonable 
foresight. 

(2) No issue of clothing or small stores shall be made to any 
person in debt to the Government or against whom a checkage is 
pending which may put him in debt, except on written authority 
of the commanding officer and a statement upon the requisition 
that the issue is necessary for the health and comfort of the per¬ 
son requiring it. ' (R. 619 (10) (I. 1357).) 

1824. The commanding officers of divisions shall require each To witness the 
man to whom an issue of clothing or small stores is made to pre- issue ; of ^aii cloth- 
sent the articles drawn, together with his copy of the receipt given ug aD( stores - 
by him (Art. I. 4528) to his division officer or to some person in 

that division designated by such officer to check off. 

1825. (1) Commanding officers of divisions shall make quar- Conduct re- 
terly to the cammanding officer a conduct report of the men ofP ort * 

their divisions in accordance with prescribed forms. 

(2) They shall encourage and endeavor to assist those who are 
specially desirous of improving themselves in knowledge or of 
advancing in rating. 

1820. (1) Commanding officers of division shall, in addition to inspections, 
carrying out the instructions already laid down for inspection, 


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Duties as to 
parts of ship. 


When fitting 
out. 


To examine the 
crew. 


Vaccination. 


To take charge 
of sick hay. 


Attention paid 
to sick. 


take special care that all outer and underclothing, overcoats, caps, 
hats, and bedding of the men are, in respect to quality, pattern, 
and color, in accordance with the prescribed uniform. 

(2) They shall see that all materials drawn are used for the 
purpose required; that all clothing is neatly made, marked, and 
kept in order, and that none of it is sold; that the men are neat 
in person and clothing, and provided with regulation knives and 
lanyards; and that underclothing is worn at all times unless dis¬ 
pensed with by order of the commanding officer. All work done 
by the ship’s tailor shall be submitted to the division officer con¬ 
cerned for inspection and approved before it is accepted or any 
payment made therefor (Art. I. 711 (2).) 

1827. Officers commanding gun, fire control, torpedo, powder, 
and engineer divisions shall be held responsible for the care, pres¬ 
ervation, and cleanliness of the part of the ship assigned to their 
division. 


CHAPTER 19. 


THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF A SHIP. 

(Navy Regulations, ch. 27.) 

2101. When fitting out, and as soon as possible after reporting 
for duty, the medical officer of the ship shall examine the sick bay, 
dispensary, medical storeroom, and other accommodations for the 
sick and wounded. Should he discover any defects or deficiencies 
therein he shall make a detailed written report of the facts to the 
commanding officer. 

2102. As soon as practicable after going into commission the 
medical officer shall examine the crew in order to verify the de¬ 
scriptive lists and health records and to ascertain if ail the mem¬ 
bers are physically qualified to perform the duties which will prob¬ 
ably be required of them. If any are found disqualified, he shall, 
with the approval of the commanding officer, request that a survey 
be held upon them. (Art. I. 1303.) 

2103. During the examination required in Article I. 2102 the 
medical officer shall make a list of all who seem to require vacci¬ 
nation, which shall be performed as soon as the duties of the ship 
permit, and repeated in case of failure until there is a reasonable 
assurance that the person is protected. The time to vaccinate, and 
the number to be vaccinated at any one time, shall be decided by 
the commanding officer upon recommendation of the medical 
officer. All members of the crew received on board from time to 
time during the cruise who are not known to be protected shall 
be vaccinated as speedily as possible. 

2101. The medical officer shall take charge of the sick bay, bath¬ 
room, water-closets for the sick, dispensary, medical storeroom, 
and other compartments under his charge and see that they are 
kept dry, clean, sufficiently warm, and in good order; and that 
they are prepared for inspection at the same time as the other 
parts of the ship. 

2105. (1) The medical officer shall in addition to bestowing the 
most careful professional treatment possible upon the patients 
under his care, be attentive to their comfort and the cleanliness of 
their clothing, bedding, and persons. (Art. R. 2902.) 




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(2) He shall take care that the attendants of the sick under¬ 
stand when it is necessary to summon the aid of the medical 
officer. 

210G. In difficult cases the medical officer shall consult with the 
junior medical officers of the ship, or other medical officers of the 
Navy present, and with the fleet surgeon, concerning the profes¬ 
sional treatment of the patients. 

2107. The medical officer shall report to the commanding officer 
daily by 10 a. m., in writing, the names and condition of the sick. 

2108. The medical officer shall prepare a binnacle list contain¬ 
ing the names of those he recommends to be excused from duty, 
either wholly or in part, and submit it to the commanding officer 
daily before 9.30 a. m. Necessary additions and changes during 
the day shall be made in the manner provided in article I. 2619 (1). 

2109. At general quarters and at special exercises with the ap¬ 
proval of the commanding officer, the medical officer shall dis¬ 
tribute a sufficient number of first-aid appliances for all require¬ 
ments and frequently advise divisional officers as to the use of 
these appliances, as provided for in article I. 2641. 

2110. The medical officer shall when required, inspect the pro¬ 
visions of the crew, and report any that are unsound or likely to 
cause illness. (Art. I. 2618 (5).) 

2111. The medical officer shall report to the commanding officer 
any want of care or cleanliness or any neglect in the preparation 
of food for the crew, which may be injurious to health. 

2112. Before cooking or drinking water from shore is taken on 
board, the medical officer shall investigate its source and make as 
Complete an examination of it as possible with the means at hand, 
and report at once if any doubt exists as to its purity. All such 
examinations shall be recorded in the journal. (Art. I. 2618 (5).) 

2113. (1) The medical officer shall inspect as to their quality 
all fresh provisions delivered to the ship; this duty may be dele¬ 
gated to a junior medical officer. 

(2) He shall examine the contents of boats attending the ship 
with articles of food or drink for sale, and report if the articles 
are, in his opinion, suitable to be consumed as food or drink. A 
junior medical officer may perform this duty. (Art. I. 2618 (2).) 

2114. The medical officer shall make inspections of the cells 
and other places of confinement, as well as of the prisoners, and 
report the result to the commanding officer. (Art. R. 1431.) 

2115. The medical officer shall accompany the first lieutenant 
on his weekly inspection of living spaces, holds, and storerooms. 
(Art. I. 2702 (2).) 

2116. The medical officer of a ship returning to the United 
States shall, when patients are received for transportation, con¬ 
tinue their health records as readmissions, and account for them 
as the sick of the ship. 

2117. (1) The medical officer shall keep a health record of 
all officers and enlisted men, which shall be subject at any time 
to the inspection of the commanding officer and of the fleet sur¬ 
geon. (Arts. I. 707 (5) and R. 2992.) 

(2) Upon the completion of a health record, he shall forward 
it to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, though the command¬ 
ing officer. 

2118. (1) When a ship is commissioned the medical officer 
thereof shall be furnished with triplicate invoices of all articles 
in her medical outfit duly signed by the medical officer in com¬ 
mand of the naval medical supply depot. 


Profess iou.il 
treatment of the 
sick. 


Daily report of 
the sick. 

Binnacle list. 


instruction in 
use of tourni¬ 
quets and first- 
aid dressings. 


To inspect the 
provisions for 
the crew. 


Preparation of 
food. 


Testing water. 


Fresh provi¬ 
sions. 


Examine con¬ 
tents of bum- 
boats. 


To inspect cells 
and prisoners. 


Inspection of 
holds, etc. 


Patients re¬ 
ceived for pas¬ 
sage to United 
States. 

Health record. 


Invoices and 
receipts of med¬ 
ical stores and 
supplies. 


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(2) He shall take charge of all such articles when delivered 
and invoiced to him, and shall receipt for them if they correspond 
in character and amount with the invoices. These invoices and 
receipts must be approved by the commanding officer, after which 
the medical officer of the ship shall retain the third, forwarding 
the first to the medical officer in command of the naval medical 
supply depot, and the second to the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery. 

(3) Medical stores transferred from the naval medical supply 
depot to a ship, after the invoices of her regular outfit have been 
signed and disposed of, shall be invoiced and receipted for in like 
manner. 

(4) When medical stores are transferred from a storeship, 
storehouse, or depot to a ship, the invoices and receipts must be 
made in triplicate, approved by the senior officer present, and 
disposed of in the same manner as though at a navy yard. 

(5) When medical stores are transferred from one ship in 
commission to another, the invoices and receipts shall be maae 
in duplicate and approved by the senior officer present. The 
officer transferring and the officer receiving the stores shall each 
sign both copies, the latter retaining the original and the former 
the duplicate. 

(6) If the medical officer finds any discrepancy, error, or 
omission in the invoices of stores, he shall report it to the com¬ 
manding officer, who shall have the invoices corrected before they 
are receipted. 

(7) All invoices of medical stores shall be kept on file for 
future reference, and when the ship goes out of commission shall 
be transferred to the medical officer of the navy yard with the 
medical outfit and its inventory. (Arts. I. 2126 and R. 4623.) 

Requisitions. 2119. (1) Requisitions for medical stores and supplies that 

may be needed shall be made by the medical officer on the pre¬ 
scribed forms for the ensuing six months, as follows: 

(a) For hospitals—on the first of March and September. 

(b) For yards and stations—on the first of April and October. 

(c) For receiving ships and ships in reserve—on the first of 
May and November. 

(2) Cruising ships shall submit requisitions and regulate the 
replenishment, of supplies with due regard to convenience in their 
shipment and receipt, advantage being taken of repair and over¬ 
haul periods at navy yards, and by anticipating the ship’s prox¬ 
imity to favorable shipping points. 

(3) The quantities of medicine required shall correspond in 
amount to the packages mentioned in the supply table, and the 
column “ On hand ” shall always be filled out opposite the articles 
required. 

Ships on de- (4) When serving in a ship not attached to a fleet, and without 
inched service. t j ie United States, the medical officer shall make requisition for 
necessary medical supplies, from time to time, on the supply offi¬ 
cer Of the ship, as favorable opportunity for their purchase offers. 

Special requi- (5) Special requisitions for indispensable articles not in the 
supply table, or for articles that are in the supply table that will 
be needed before the time for the semiannual requisition, may be 
made at any time. An explanatory letter must accompany a 
requisition for articles not listed in the supply table. 

Medical stores 2120. (1) The allowances in the supply table are intended as 
an< supp es. basis of supplies for a ship when fitting out for a cruise. 

Needful additions may subsequently be made from time to time by 



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requisitions, but it is not necessary or expected that these addi¬ 
tions shall bring the amount of supplies on hand fully up to that 
given in the supply table. (Art. I. 4470.) 

(2) Timely requisitions for stores and supplies must be made to . Not to i>e pur- 
cover ordinary expenditures, but they shall not be tilled by pur- c ase< ‘ 
chase if it can be avoided. (Arts. I. 4472 (6) and I. 44S0.) 

(3) When any of the stores and supplies on board in charge of f u toros / ro ™ 
other officers are necessary for the sick, they may be obtained menu * epar ' 
upon requisition duly approved by the commanding officer. A re¬ 
ceipt for them shall be given. (Arts. I. 4422 and I. 4471.) 

2121. Laundry work, extra provisions, and groceries for the Laundry and 
sick shall be obtained by open purchase on duly approved requisi- extra provisions, 
tions. 

2122. Surgical instruments and appliances shall not be replaced Surgical in- 
unless condemned by a board of survey; and all'that are con- siru,nents - 
demned shall be turned in at a navy yard or to a supply depot. 

2123. In the event of discovering any loss or destruction of. Loss of mod- 
medical stores, surgical instruments,' or furniture, the medical ical stores * 
officer shall report the fact immediately to the commanding officer, 

and request a survey thereon. 

2124. (1) When the ship goes out of commission the medical Medical outfit 

officer shall: ■> ' when going out, 

(a) Carefully pack all medical supplies, including books and of commisslon * 
blank forms,, and, unless otherwise directed, deliver same properly 

marked to the supply officer of the navy yard for shipment to the 
nearest medical supply depot. They shall be accompanied by an 
accurate inventory in triplicate, made out in order of the supply 
table. The inventory shall be signed by the senior medical officer 
and the captain. 

(b) Securely pack the microscopical outfit and accessories and 
deliver same properly marked to the supply officer of the navy 
yard for shipment by prepaid express to the medical officer in 
command, United States Naval Medical Schoool, foot of Twenty- 
fourth Street NW., Washington, D. C., and notify the latter officer 
by letter of the shipment. 

(c) Forward the Journal of the Medical Department to the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

(2) Ships going in reserve will retain medical outfits. 

2125. (1) When stores and supplies are transferred from the Transfer of 
charge of one medical officer to another, triplicate receipts must storcs * 

be passed. 

(2) Whenever a medical officer is relieved from duty, he shall 
transfer to his successor all public property in his charge. 

(3) When a hospital corpsman has been placed in charge of 
property of the Medical Department, on his relief from duty he 
shall transfer to his successor all public property in his charge. 

2120. (1) In all cases, unless otherwise directed, the medical Bill of health, 
officer shall procure a bill of health before leaving port. 

(2) Upon arrival of the ship in port he shall be prepared to 
receive the health officer and exhibit to him the bill of health; 
also to answer any questions that may be asked concerning the 
sanitary condition of the ship. 

2127. On the first of January of each year the medical officer Sanitary, re¬ 
shall submit to the department (Bureau of Medicine and Sur- por * 
gery), through official channels, a sanitary report, as prescribed 
in the Mannal for the Medical Department While embracing 
matters of general sanitary and professional interest, this report 
shall give special attention to information and recommendations 


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Duty iu brittle. 


Station a n d 
duty at quarters. 

Surgeon's di¬ 
vision. 

esolaivoiq e.iix o 


A report o f 
breaches of dis¬ 
ci p 11 n e to be 
made. 


Stores. 


tending to promote military efficiency through the maintenance of 
physical fitness in the personnel. 

2128. In battle, it shall be the first duty of the medical officer 
to give such attention to the wounded as will permit those who 
are able to return promptly to their stations at the guns or else¬ 
where, and to render such aid along humanitarian lines as con¬ 
ditions will permit. 

2129. (1) The medical officer shall be stationed in the sick bay 
at quarters. 

(2) He shall take charge of the surgeon’s division and of the 
men on the sick list, require their presence at the sick bay if 
able to come, and report absentees. 

(3) He shall comply with the requirements of I. 1822 to I. 1827, 
inclusive. 

2130. (1) The surgeon’s division shall consist of all medical 
and dental officers of the ship, the pharmacist, all enlisted men 
of the Hospital Corps, and such attendants as may be detailed by 
the commanding officer for exclusive duty witli the Medical De¬ 
partment. 

(2) For the issue of money, small stores, and clothing, the en¬ 
listed men of this division shall be under the medical officer in 
the same manner as the men of the gun division are under the 
gun division officers. 

2131. The medical officer shall cause to be entered upon the re¬ 
port book the names of any subordinates of the surgeon’s division, 
or of'the sick or their attendants, who may be guilty of any 
breaches of discipline. 


CHAPTER 20. 


THE OFFICERS OF THE PAY COP.PS OF A SHIP. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 28.) 

Section 1.—General Instructions. 

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2203. (4) In battle, the members of the division shall be sta¬ 
tioned by the commanding officer where they will be of the great¬ 
est service. 


CHAPTER 21. 

•> «T . ‘ ■ 

COMMISSIONED WARRANT OFFICERS AND WARRANT 

OFFICERS. 

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(Navy Regulations, chap. 30.) 

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Section 7.—Chief Pharmacists and Pharmacists. 

2351. (1) The chief pharmacist or pharmacist shall critically 
examine all medical stores and supplies received, and report any 
defect or deficiency. 

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(2) He shall be accountable for the condition of all his stores, 
whether in use or not. 

(3) He shall exercise a careful supervision over the expendi¬ 
ture of his stores, exert himself to prevent any waste or loss, and 
see that all issues are applied to the purpose intended. He shall 
be responsible for articles issued for use with the intention of 
being returned. 

(4) Upon the discovery of any loss or deterioration of his 
stores, he shall at once report the same to the medical officer of 
the ship. 

(5) He shall perform such clerical work and keep such accounts 
of medical stores as jnay be prescribed. 

(,<3) When tire ship goes out of commission, he shall see that all 
his stores are properly labeled and carefully packed. 

(7) He shall see that the regulations concerning lights in the 
storerooms to which he has access are strictly observed, and that 
every precaution is taken to prevent fire or other accident. 

(8) He shall be diligent in attendance in the quarters provided 
for tire, sick, and shall see that the directions given by the medical 
officers for the comfort and care of the patients therein are duly 
complied with, and that good order is maintained. 

2352. His station at quarters shall be in the surgeon’s division, 
and at all hands shall be in the dispensary, unless otherwise or¬ 
dered. 


CHAPTER 23. 


SHIP ORGANIZATION. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

2501. (1) {a) The complement of the ship shall be organized 
into six departments, namely: I, the gunnery department; II, the 
navigation department; III, the engineering department; IV, the 
construction department; V, the medical department; VI, the pay 
department. In small ships, one officer may have charge of sev¬ 
eral departments in accordance with these regulations. 

(b) Each department of the ship shall be organized into divi¬ 
sions and into crews; and the watch and division officers shall be 
assigned to the command of gun, fire control, torpedo, powder, 
and engineer divisions in a manner that will, in the judgment of 
the captain, most conduce to the efficiency of the ship as a whole, 
and no changes in such assignment shall be made except to the 
same end. The personal command of any officer at the battery, 
in battle or for drill, shall include, as far as practicable, only 
one class of guns—heavy, intermediate, or secondary—from which 
command he shall not he displaced simply because of difference 
in rank: 

(c) In all matters pertaining to the training of the personnel 
and preparation of the material for battle, and at quarters for 
muster, each division officer or crew leader, as the case may be, 
will be under the direction of liis own head of department, and 
will report directly to liim. The heads of departments shall re¬ 
port to the executive and receive their instructions from him. 


Lights. 

Comfort of sick. 

Station. 


Organization. 




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id) Divisions and crews shall be organized in four sections for 
duty, watch keeping, and liberty, so that battle watches may be 
kept on the principal battle stations, either in watch and watch 
or in four watches. 

(2) No turret captain, gun pointer, or gun captain shall be 
assigned to any duty that may interfere with the drill, exercise, 
and other duties of his station at the battery; nor shall any 
change in the composition of any gun or torpedo crew be made 
without the special approval of tlie commanding officer in each iri- 


Billcts for the 

crew. 


Watch, (juar- 


dividual case. 

(3) All candidates for the position of gun pointer shall, before 
being placed in training, be referred by the commanding officer to 
the medical officer for examination, and no men shall be trained 
as gun pointers who can not read with the right eye (or the left 
eye, if used in aiming) at twenty feet the line on Snellen’s test 
card, which is normally seen at fifteen feet—that is, 20/15 vision— 
and a minimum of 20/20 shall be required with the eye not used 
in aiming. Before each record target practice all qualified and 
acting gun pointers shall be examined for acuity of vision and the 
result entered on the gunnery record. A report shall also be sub¬ 
mitted to the department. All examinations conducted in ac¬ 
cordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be carried 
out with the test card well illuminated. 

(4) A station billet shall be prepared for each member of the 
crew, which shall assign to him his rating, watch number, part 
of the ship, mess, boat, and station at quarters and fire quarters. 
These billets shall be given out when the crew goes on board. 

, . .. (5) The executive officer shall prepare complete watch, quarter, 

coali ng*"’ and station, fire, coaling, collision, berthing, and boat bills, and have 
boat bills. them framed and hung up in some conspicuous position, after ap¬ 
proval by the commanding officer. These must be kept complete, 
correct, and accessible at all times during the cruise. The boat 
bill must contain full directions for abandoning ship, including ar¬ 
rangements for providing the necessary supplies of food and water. 
The fire bill must contain full directions for extinguishing a fire 
during quarters, when the regular alarm is not given, 
mation to be The Articles for the Government of the Navy, the daily 

made known to routine, daily conduct reports, all police regulations, and routine 
the crew. orders concerning the ship’s company shall also be kept hung up in 
a conspicuous position. Information concerning the movements of 
the ship, the mails, the address for letters, conduct classes and 
records, quarterly recommendations and standing restriction lists, 
results of competitive drills, and other information of like nature 
interesting to the crew, and proper for them to know, should be 
published from time to time. 

(7) The executive officer shall see that officers and men of gun, 
turret, ammunition, torpedo, and range-finder crews are present at 
their stations at exercise, unless unavoidably absent, so that the 
efficiency of the crews may not be impaired by exercising short- 
handed or with inexpert substitutes. 

(8) Junior line officers shall be required to keep correct watch, 
quarter, station, fire, collision, and boat bills. 

(9) There shall be available, for the guidance of the officer of 
the deck, a routine book, which shall contain the daily routine at 
sea and in port and such orders and instructions as may be neces¬ 
sary concerning the manner of performing the duties of the ship 
over which he has supervision, ^his hook shall be kept in a place 
where is is accessible to all. 


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(10) The executive officer shall keep a morning order book, in 
which he shall enter the instructions for the officer of the deck 
during the morning watch. 

2502. (1) Each boat shall be assigned to a line officer, who Boats, 
shall be responsible for her general condition, armament, equip¬ 
ment, and outfit, and for the proper instruction of her crew in 

their duties, and who shall, as a rule, command her when on 
special duty. 

( 2 ) Provisions and other necessary articles shall be provided 
for boats when they are sent on expeditions. 

(3) If a boat is sent away from the ship at sea, she, shall be 
provided with sails, spars, oars, bucket, water, provisions, ‘com¬ 
pass, lantern, candles, matches, rifles and cartridges, and such 
Other articles as the special occasion or duty demands. A moder¬ 
ate supply of provisions and water shall be kept in all boats at sea. 

(4) When at sea, the boats best adapted as lifeboats, one on 
each side, shall be always, ready for lowering. In these boats 
there shall always be life preservers, water, bread, a compass, and 
a lantern with a reserve supply of oil and means of ignition; the 
detaching apparatus shall be kept in order and ready for use, 
the steering oar shipped, and such other dispositions made as will 
render these boats most effective and safe in a sea way and as 
lifeboats. In port, one or both lifeboats shall be kept ready for 
immediate use from sunset until colors next morning. 

(5) The boat sails shall always be kept in readiness for use. 

If it is at any time necessary to unbend and stow them below 
for preservation, they shall be kept in bags properly marked, 
with all their gear complete, so that they may be obtained with¬ 
out delay. 

2503. All hawsers and towlines shall be pointed, and all other ** a ™ c sers an<1 

pieces of gear, including awning stops, shall be hitched. °' v incs ’ 

2504. The life buoys shall be in order and constantly in readi- Life 
ness; they shall be frequently tested by dropping, with a line 
attached for recovery ; and when at sea or in a strong tideway 

an efficient person shall be stationed by them. 

2505. (1) Special instruction and exercise shall be given to instruction of 
all men who evince marked inclination or aptitude for any par- creTT * 
ticular branch of their profession. Every incentive shall be given 

to develop and maintain the professional qualifications of such 
men, and opportunities shall be afforded them for improvement 
in that branch for which they are best fitted. All men of the sea¬ 
men branch, and particularly the ordinary seamen, shall be in¬ 
structed in steering, boxing the compass, heaving the lead, knot¬ 
ting and splicing, the use of the palm and needle, sailing and pull¬ 
ing in boats, exercise aloft, nomenclature of parts of the ship, com¬ 
mon navigation and weather instruments, and generally in all the 
duties of seamen. If there be any who can not read and write, 
facilities for learning shall be given them, and they shall be 
encouraged in so doing. (For rules relating to apprentice seamen, 
see R. Chap. 33, sec. 10.) The commanding officer shall give to 
petty officers and warrant officers who seek to qualify themselves 
for warrant and commissioned rank such opportunities and facili¬ 
ties for study as may be practicable, provided their records war¬ 
rant it; and when practicable he shall designate officers to assist 
them in their preparation. 

(2) Petty officers shall be encouraged to become expert in- Petty officers, 
structors of enlisted men and to acquire the requisite confidence 
and ability to assume responsibility and exercise authority in the 


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Helmsmen. 


Absence of 
part of crew. 


Signals for 
opening ATater- 
tight doors. 


instruction, drilling, and control of enlisted men under their 
charge afloat and ashore. Systematic instruction shall be given 
them by officers in each branch of their duties to qualify them as 
instructors and drill masters. When they attain proficiency they 
shall be utilized, under the supervision of their divisional officers, 
to drill and instruct squads of men placed under them. 

(3) All seamen and. men holding higher ratings in the seaman 
branch shall be required to become expert helmsmen; ordinary 
seamen also should be able to steer before being advanced in 
rating. Every opportunity shall be taken to accomplish these 
ends. 

(4) The instructions concerning drills and exercises contained 
in article I. 909 shall be complied with as far as practicable. 

(5) After men have become thoroughly proficient in the duties 
of their regular stations for action they shall be instructed in the 
duties of some other battle stations, so that in times of emer¬ 
gency they may serve at statipns other than their own, or perform 
other useful duty. All members of the crew, whatever their 
rating, shall be taught the use of small arms of all kinds and 
shall be exercised in boats. 

(6) The organization shall be so arranged that when any con¬ 
siderable part of the complement is away from the ship for any 
service the force remaining on board shall be sufficient to efficiently 
care for the safety and handling of the ship under way and be 
efficiently organized for this purpose. In organizing the service 
of the battery on board battleships and armored cruisers it shall 
be assumed that the marine detachment is the only part of the 
ship’s force that is likely to be withdrawn from the ship for other 
than temporary duties in time of war, and the station bills shall 
be arranged accordingly for efficiently manning their stations for 
battle m the case of their absence. The provisions of this para¬ 
graph shall not be construed as restricting the organization of 
full battalions of infantry and artillery on board such ships for 
drills or other purposes in time of peace. 

(7) The utmost endeavors to bring the vessels to the highest 
proficiency in coaling ship shall be made. Whenever more than 
half the vessel’s normal coal supply is taken aboard, a report shall 
be made to the Navy Department (Operations) as follows: 

(a) Amount of coal taken aboard, and where; 

( b) Time employed in coaling, excluding meal hours; 

(c) Whether coal was taken from a collier, lighter, or dock; 

(d) Number of officers and men attached to the ship fit for duty; 

(e) Number of officers and men employed in coaling; 

(f) Remarks on conditions, facilities available, weather, and 
delays. (Art. It. 3709 (2).) 

250G. (1) The signal to indicate that water-tight doors, valves, 
and traps are to be closed, shall be one blast of the siren much 
prolonged, together with all general alarm signals provided. The 
prolonged blast on the siren shall never be used except in case of 
imminent collision, grounding, or other accident requiring it, or 
for exercise, and when so used for exercise, everything shall be 
done as for actual accident. Means of escape for men in remote 
compartments must be provided and those stationed to close doors 
must be required to make search for and give warning to men in 
distant compartments. 

(2) The signal to open water-tight doors after an emergency or 
exercise shall be three short blasts on the siren. The three short 
blasts shall mean always and invariably “ open water-tight doors 


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and hatches,'” except that they may be used for the purpose of 
testing the siren. 

(3) The siren shall never be used for any purpose other than as 
indicated above. 

(4) During an action, or when at sea, in fog, or at night, and at Doors closed 
other times when sudden collisions may occur, as many of the as » precaution, 
water-tight doors, hatches, and valves as practicable shall be 

closed, taking into consideration the necessities of the occasion 
and the requirements of the officers and crew. 

(5) Men shall be detailed who shall, upon the alarm of fire or Details for 

when the signal is given, proceed with all possible speed to close fi^c rS ln 

the air ducts and water-tight doors which will isolate the fire 

and not interfere with the water supply, and then report them 
closed to the officer of their division. The branch pipes from the 
air conduits to the magazines and shell rooms shall be kept dis¬ 
connected, except when the latter are in use. There shall be a 
sufficient number of men so detailed as to provide for all possible 
absentees from sickness or other causes. 

2607. (1) The commanding officer, subject to the provisions of Regulation of 
the Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions, shall regulate the watch dut y- 
manner in which officers shall stand watch on deck and in the 
engine room, both at sea and in port, and the manner of standing 
day’s duty in port, when authorized. 

(2) Officers shall not interchange duties without the command¬ 
ing officer’s permission. 

2508. (1) Deck duty shall be performed as prescribed in this Deck dut> * 
article. 

(2) The officer of the deck is the officer on watch in charge of 
the ship. 

(3) The officer of the deck shall be responsible for the safety of 
the ship, subject, hovrever, to any orders he may receive from the 
commanding officer. 

(4) Every officer or other person on board the ship, whatever 
his rank, who is subject to the orders of the commanding officer, 
except the executive officer, shall be subordinate to the officer of 
the deck. 

(5) On board every ship to which there are attached five or 
more line officers of the ranks of lieutenant, lieutenant (junior 
grade), and ensign, below the heads of departments and eligible 
for watch duty (see par. 10), and in addition to such as may be 
detailed for engineering duty, such officers shall stand a strict and 
regular watch as officer of the deck, both at sea and in port. 

(6) On board a ship of the class described in the preceding 
paragraph, wffien the number of w r atch officers on deck duty is 
reduced below five, the commanding officer may, in port, at his 
discretion, permit such officers to stand day’s duty, with junior 
officers standing a strict and regular deck watch under them. 

(7) On board ships other than those described in paragraph 5 
of this article the commanding officer may, at his discretion, per¬ 
mit the officers detailed for deck duty to stand day’s duty in port. 

(8) When standing day’s duty, the watch officer having the 
day’s duty shall always be ready to appear the moment he is sum¬ 
moned or notified that his presence is required, and he shall re¬ 
ceive all reports direct, no matter where he may be. He shall 
habitually be on deck and attentive to duty from “all hands” in 
the morning watch until after “ taps,” except during meals. 

When a junior officer (R. 1041) is on watch as officer of the deck, 
under the officer having the day’s duty, the latter can exercise his 


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authority only through the officer of the deck, whom he is author¬ 
ized to relieve at any time. 

(9) Should the number of commissioned line officers junior to 
the heads of departments, exclusive of any detailed for engineering 
and of chief warrant officers, be insufficient to maintain a deck 
watch in four on board a first or second rate ship, or a deck watch 
in three at sea or two in port on board other vessels, the first 
lieutenant, navigator, and gunnery officer—one or more of them, 
taken in inverse order of seniority—may be assigned to additional 
duties as a deck watch officer temporarily. 

(10) Junior ensigns shall stand watch as junior officers of the 
watch, both at sea and in port, whenever their number allows this 
to be done without manifest hardship. They may be given charge 
of a deck watch as soon as the commanding officer is satisfied of 
their qualification for it. 

2509. (1) Engineering duty shall be performed as prescribed in 
this article. 

(2) The designation “assistant engineer officers” includes all 
commissioned officers assigned to engineering duty bn board ship, 
exclusive of the senior engineer officer, ensigns under instruction, 
and chief machinists. Assignment to duty as assistant engineer 
officer shall be made by the commanding officer, and shall be for a 
period of one year, at the end of which an officer shall be relieved 
and assigned to other duty, unless a longer term is authorized by 
the Department. On board battleships and armored cruisers in 
active commission the commanding officer shall detail at least 
three assistant engineer officers, and when practicable, five. The 
senior assistant shall have no regular duties outside the engineer¬ 
ing department. One of the other assistants shall be known as 
the electrical officer of the ship and shall have charge, under the 
Senior engineer officer, of the entire electric plant of the ship, in¬ 
cluding electrical fire-control appliance and radio apparatus; he 
shall have no regular duties other than with the electrical outfit of 
the ship. The paramount duty of the other assistants shall be in 
the engineering department, but they may have additional duties 
at fire-control or torpedo stations. In other vessels in active com¬ 
mission where the number of commissioned line officers available 
for watch duty exceeds four, one or more shall be detailed as 
assistant engineer officers, according to the number available. 

(3) In addition to the assistant engineer officers two or more of 
the ensigns, not regular watch and division officers, shall be de¬ 
tailed for instruction in the engineering department. Their para¬ 
mount duty shall be in that department, but additional duty may 
be assigned at stations with the armament. The intention of this 
paragraph is to secure adequate engineering experience to all 
officers in the earlier years of their career. Details of this kind 
shall be for periods of six months, at the end of which an ensign 
shall- be relieved therefrom, unless continued by regular assign¬ 
ment as an assistant engineer officer. The names of officers as¬ 
signed to engineering duty, or relieved from it, shall be imme¬ 
diately reported to the Bureau of Navigation, giving dates. 

(4) Assistant engineer officers shall stand a strict and regular 
watch at sea, and in port a strict and regular watch or day’s duty, 
at the discretion of the commanding officer. When the number 
of assistant engineer officers is reduced below four, chief machin¬ 
ists and machinists shall be assigned to duty as assistant engineer 
officers until the total number of such officers available for duty 
is brought up to four. When so assigned, chief machinists and 


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machinists shall perform the duties of assistant engineer officers 
in addition to superintending the work at their regular stations 
in connection with the maintenance and repair of the machinery. 
Ensigns may be assigned to duty as assistant engineer officers 
before the expiration of the six months’ instruction period, when 
the commanding officer considers them qualified for it. The names 
of officers assigned to instruction or to engineer duty under this 
paragraph, or relieved therefrom, will be immediately reported to 
the Bureau of Navigation, giving dates. 

(5) When performing duty by watches, the assistant engineer 
officer on duty shall exercise a close supervision over the machin¬ 
ist’s mates in charge of the engine-room watch and over all others 
engaged in running or attending the engines and other machinery, 
the boilers and their appurtenances, and all other work being done 
in the department, and all engineering work being done by the en¬ 
gineer’s force. He shall be vigilant throughout his watch, and 
shall remain at his station and be in readiness to respond promptly 
to any call. Except when called elsewhere in the department by 
matters of extreme urgency, he shall be in the engine room at all 
times when it is necessary to work the engines to signals. 

(6) Wffien standing day’s duty he shall exercise a general super¬ 

vision over the engineering department and all of the force em¬ 
ployed therein, and he shall be diligent in attendance and super¬ 
vision. ** . * 

(7) When the number of assistant engineer officers, chief ma¬ 
chinists, and machinists on board available for duty is reduced 
below four, chief machinist’s mates may be assigned to duty as 
engine-room watch officers, and when the number of chief ma¬ 
chinist’s mates available is not sufficient to enable this to be done 
competent machinist’s mates, first class, may be assigned to the 
same duty; but machinist’s mates shall not be assigned to this 
duty in sufficient numbers to raise the total number of such watch 
officers above four. 

(8) Chief machinists and machinists not standing watch or 

day’s duty regularly in charge of the engineering department shall 
be present during working hours, and at any other time when 
work is going on over which they have been given supervision. 
They shall assume charge of the maintenance and repair of such 
parts of the machinery as may be placed under their direct; charge, 
and of such special work as may be from time to time assigned 
them. , - 

2510. Ensigns of less than two years’ standing shall perform 
engineering duty and deck duty alternately, if practicable, and the 
detail for engineering duty shall be for periods of six months at a 
time. (Art. I. 2508 (10).) 

2511. The commanding officer shall require the officers of his 
command to cooperate with him in acquiring information for 
intelligence reports. 

2512. The commanding officer shall designate the parts of the 
ship where smoking is allowed for officers and crew, and if pos¬ 
sible provide places where all may be comfortable. 

2513. (1) A separate mess shall be formed for chief petty 
officers to which one cook shall be allowed. When the number of 
the mess is less than fifteen, one messman shall be allowed in 
addition to the cook; when the number in the mess is more than 
fifteen and less than thirty, a second messman shall be allowed; 
and when the number in the mess is more than thirty, a third 
messman shall be allowed. 


Intcll i g c ii c e 
reports. 


Smoking. 


Chief petty 
officers’ mess. 


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General mess. 


Detailing 

messmen. 


Records con- 
cerning the crew. 


Recruiting of¬ 
ficer. 


Report hook. 


Bumboats and 
traffic. 


Ship’s barber, 
tailor, and shoe¬ 
maker. 


Ordnance and 
engineering in¬ 
structions. 


Station bills at 
end of cruise. 


(2) The other petty officers, enlisted men, and marines shall be 
arranged in one general mess, divided into submesses of twenty, 
as nearly as may be, to each of which shall be assigned one mess- 
man. Petty officers shall mess with their own divisions when 
practicable. 

(3) Messmen shall be detailed from the lower ratings. In no 
case shall a petty officer be detailed for duty as a messman. 

(4) The executive officer shall have general charge of the mess¬ 
ing arrangements and shall be responsible for the detail, organiza¬ 
tion, and discipline of the messmen of the general mess and for the 
proper service of the food at the mess tables. The executive 
officer shall prepare the daily and monthly ration records to be 
forwarded the supply officer of the ship and shall be responsible 
and accountable for their correctness as affording the commissary 
officer a ration issue basis. 

2514. (1) The executive officer shall, under the supervision of 
the commanding officer, have charge of the preparation and keep¬ 
ing of all books, records, and returns required by the Bureau of 
Navigation concerning the crew. 

(2) He shall be allowed a yeoman for his clerical work. 

(3) He shall act as recruiting officer of the ship and enlist such 
men as may be required, subject to the provisions of these regula¬ 
tions. 

(4) He shall keep a report book with the columns* headed in 
accordance with the information required, and so placed that 
officers desiring to make against any member of the crew a report 
not requiring immediate attention may have access to it and enter 
the report therein. 

(5) Reports requiring immediate attention shall be made to the 
officer of the deck, who shall at once refer them to the executive 
officer. 

( 6 ) He shall regulate the bumboats and all traffic alongside or 
on board, and be watchful that no unauthorized articles for the 
crew, unwholesome fruit or food, or improper articles are intro¬ 
duced on board. (Art. I. 2618 (2).) 

(7) He shall, with the approval of the commanding officer, 
regulate the prices that the barber, tailor, and shoemaker, and 
other men performing services for the crew shall be permitted to 
charge, bearing in mind that the charges should be moderate, as 
the men are already paid for their services. (Art. R. 4427 (21).) 

2515. The directions laid down in the ordnance and engineering 
instruction in respect to all matters treated therein, unless incon¬ 
sistent with the Navy Regulations or Naval Instructions, shall be 
carefully followed. 

2516. On going out of commission the watch, quarter, station, 
fire, boat, and other bills shall be transmitted to the Navy Depart¬ 
ment. 


CHAPTER 24. 


jo •(■‘.'i . 'r 13 ' *j r ' • i ii !/ tj- . > 1 ’.rtf • 

SHIP ROUTINE. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

2601. The routine carried out on board ships of the Navy shall 
conform to the instructions contained in this chapter. 




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2602. (1) Quarters for inspection shall be held daily, under 
ordinary circumstances, at 9.80 a. in. or earlier. 

(2) Every man attached to the ship shall be assigned to a 
division. 

(3) The officers of a ship not assigned to a division shall report 
their presence at quarters in person. 

(4) Saturday afternoon shall in general be regarded on board 
ship as a half holiday. 

(5) Sunday shall be observed on board all ships and at naval 
stations in an orderly manner. All labor shall be reduced to the 
requirements of necessary duty, and the duty required of officers 
and men on that day shall be reduced to a minimum consistent 
with the requirements of the service. The religious tendencies 
of officers and men shall be recognized and encouraged. 

(6) The commanding officer’s inspection of ship and crew shall 
not be held on Sunday. The inspection of the ship shall be held 
on such other day of the week as may be most expedient, and 
the inspection of the crew on Saturday before noon, if Circum¬ 
stances permit; if not, as soon after the dinner hour as practicable. 

(7) At quarters the executive officer shall transmit as a whole 
to the commanding officer the reports from officers in charge of 
divisions of the presence or absence of their men. 

(8) At general muster the chief master-at-arms shall answer 
for the members of the' crew who are in confinement. 

2603. All officers of the ship shall exact a silent performance of 
duty, and all unnecessary noise, confusion, and singing out shall 
be avoided. 

2604. Unless urgent duties prevent or the weather renders it 
impossible, there shall be an exercise* at general quarters held at 
least once a week, and each division shall be drilled at least once 
a day, except on Saturday and Sunday, until the crew is proficient. 
In bad weather oral instruction under cover shall be substituted 
for open-air drills. When in port where there are United States 
marine barracks, the marines, if there be a detachment on board, 
shall be landed and drilled in company with those at the barracks 
at least once a week when practicable. 

2605. (1) Exercises at collision drill and at closing water-tight 
doors and hatches shall be held without warning at other than 
routine times, and the officers and crew shall be required to observe 
the signal with the utmost dispatch, and the commanding officer 
shall determine by careful inspection that all water-tight doors 
and hatches have been properly closed and secured, and that the 
regular collision mat is ready to be put into place, gear rove and 
mat stretched. There shall be entered on the log book the time 
required fully to perform the foregoing requirements. Where 
doors are not closed properly or gaskets are found in bad condi¬ 
tion, special reports from those responsible shall be required. 

(2) The crew shall be drilled at their fire stations at least once 
a week, the alarm being frequently sounded at night. 

(3) Every opportunity shall be taken to exercise the enlisted 
personnel at rifle practice with the Hollifield dotter, and every 
ship supplied with such machine shall carry out the course re¬ 
quired to enable the men to qualify for record on their service 
records. In addition, however, as much time as is consistent with 
the general duty of the crew should be devoted to this practice 
as a means of promoting efficiency in the use of small arms. 

(4) Commissary stewards, cooks, and bakers shall be excused 
from all drills other than “ clear ship for action,” “ general quar¬ 
ters,” “ fire quarters,” “ abandon ship,” and “ target practice.” 


Quarters for 
inspection. 


Saturday half 
holiday. 

The observ¬ 
ance of Sunday. 


Station and 
duties of execu¬ 
tive officer at 
quarters. 

Absentees at 
muster. 

To prevent un¬ 
necessary noise. 


General quar¬ 
ters. 


Exercise a t 
collision drill. 


Fire regulation 
and drill. 


Comm i s s a r y 
branch excused 
from drills. 


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lieTcille and 
latoo. 

Fires for cook¬ 
ing. 


Lights extin¬ 
guished at tatoo. 


Lights extin¬ 
guished before 
tattoo. 


Standing 

lights. 


Lights in offi' 
cers’ quarters. 


Extension of 
lights. 


Quiet to he 
preserved after 
hours. 

Sufficient light. 


Single electric 
lighting plants. 


Uncovered 

lights. 


Lights and 
iires when han¬ 
dling powder 
and explosives. 

Lights in time 
of war. 


Oil lamps test¬ 
ed monthly. 


(5) At all times when food is being prepared at the galley or 
oven for use, excepting in case of actual emergency, a sufficient 
number of cooks and bakers shall be left in charge. 

2006, In port reveille shall be sounded when all hands are called 
in the morning, and tattoo at 9 p. m. 

2607. (1) All fires used for cooking shall be extinguished at 
tattoo, unless specially authorized by the commanding officer to be 
continued longer for some specific purpose. When the weather is 
very warm they shall be extinguished as early as practicable, if by 
so doing the comfort of the crew is increased. 

(2) All light, except those in the cabins, offices, officers’ quar¬ 
ters, and those designated as standing lights, shall be extinguished 
at tattoo. 

(3) The lights on the lower decks shall be reduced in number 
before tattoo, unless required for the comfort of the crew. All 
lights in the holds, storerooms, and orlops and all open lights In 
the ship, except those in officers’ quarters, must be extinguished 
before 7.30 p. m. or at the time of the evening inspection by the 
executive officer. 

(4) There shall be at airtimes during the night a sufficient num¬ 
ber of standing lights throughout the open parts of the ship to 
enable the officers and crew to turn out, repair to the upper decks, 
or to attend to any duty arising from a sudden emergency. 

(5) The lights in officers’ quarters, except those in the cabins 
and such as may be designated as standing lights, shall be extin¬ 
guished at 10 p. m., unless the time is extended, 

(6) Special lights for officers’ use in their rooms after hours 
may be permitted by the commanding officer, provided that they do 
not prevent those who may desire rest from sleeping. 

(7) The commanding officer shall require quiet to be preserved 
in officers’ quarters after 10 o’clock, unless the time is extended as 
provided in paragraph 5 of this article. 

(8) During rainy or cloudy weather and at other times, if nec¬ 
essary, when the duties of the ship will permit, sufficient artificial 
light shall be supplied between decks for the crew to read, write, 
or engage in recreation. 

(9) Ships with single electric-lighting plants shall always have 
on hand in the dynamo room and at other places throughout the 
ship, ready for use, lamps or lanterns that will give sufficient light 
for emergencies. 

(10) Uncovered lights shall never be left unattended in any part 
of the ship, and covered lights shall always be so secured as to 
prevent breaking or capsizing. Uncovered lights shall never be 
used in holds, storerooms, orlops, lockers, bilges, or other places 
below the berth deck, except to test the air. 

(11) Such lights and fires as the commanding officer may deem 
dangerous shall be extinguished when the magazines are opened 
or when handling or passing powder, explosives, or other danger¬ 
ous combustibles. 

(12) In time of war, or when necessary to conceal a ship from 
an enemy, only such lights shall be used as are deemed advisable 
by the senior officer present. 

(13) Once a month all oil lamps used for replacing the electric 
lights in case of an accident shall be lighted and kept burning for 
a sufficient length of time to insure their being ready for use. 

(14) Care shall be exercised that all lights used by navy yard 
and other shore mechanics are extinguished when work ceases for 
the day. 


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(15) None other than safety matches shall be permitted on 
board, and the commanding officer shall prescribe the necessary 
precautions to be observed in their use. They shall not be used 
in storerooms, holds, or orlops, and care shall be taken that per¬ 
sons about to enter the magazines and shell rooms have no matches 
about them. 

(16) At 8, 9, and 10 p. m., the chief master-at-arms shall make 
the rounds to see that fires and lights are extinguished as pre¬ 
scribed, reporting the result of his inspection to the officer of the 
deck. 

2608. (1) When in port, and when sanitary conditions, exer¬ 
cises, and the duties of the ship permit, regular trips of the 
ship’s boats shall be made, at such hours as the commanding 
officer may think proper. In order that officers and men may con¬ 
veniently return on board for their meals, and at night, trips 
should be appropriately timed, the last to be made not later than 
midnight. 

(2) Whenever officers attend entertainments or like affairs on 
shore in their official capacity, a boat shall be provided for their 
return. If more than one ship is in port on such occasions, the 
senior officer present shall fix the boat hours so that boats of the 
different ships may leave the shore at intervals, giving passage 
to officers of other ships that belong to the same squadron or 
division or which are anchored in the same vicinity. 

(3) Boats shall not be permitted to be absent from the ship at 
meal hours except on urgent public duty, and their use at night 
shall be restricted to a reasonable extent. 

(4) When a ship is supplied with but one steam launch, it shall 
be used for the general service of the ship. 

(5) Efficient means shall be constantly kept in readiness for 
rescuing anyone w T ho may fall overboard. 

2609. (1) On board a flagship, the following reports shall be 
made to the flag officer: 

( a ) When in port, the movements of all ships of war, mail 
steamers, and vessels that may be in danger from any cause. 

(b) When at sea, the discovery of land, lighthouses, lightships, 
strange sails,'and all dangers, real or supposed; also the position 
of the ship at 8 a. m., 12 m., and 8 p. m. 

(2) A ship at sea in company with a flagship shall make by 
signal the same reports to the commander in chief or commander 
of the force to which attached as though she were the flagship, 
except the 8 o’clock positions. 

2610. In matters affecting the external appearance of the ship 
the motions of the flagship or of the ship of the senior officer 
present shall be followed. 

2611. When in a fleet or squadron, no ship shall make an official 
signal to any other than the flagship of her immediate superior, 
except when necessary to repeat one made by the latter or to 
report a danger, or as provided in article I. 2609 (2) ; nor shall a 
signal of recognition be made to a strange ship without permission. 

2612. When two or more ships of the Navy meet, their signal 
books and general orders shall be compared, and such other steps 
shall be taken as may be necessary to obtain the latest information 
that may affect such shijis. 

2613. In ships other than flagships the commanding officer 
shall require all signals and official messages, by whatever means 
received, to be immediately recorded, and that a smooth copy of 

96220—17-16 


Mutches. 


To see that 
lights and fires 
are e x t i n - 
guished. 

Moats. 


({ 


Official func¬ 
tions on shore. 


Not to he ab¬ 
sent during meal 
hours. 


Rescuing per¬ 
sons overboard. 

Personal re¬ 
ports to com- 
mander in chief. 


Motions of flag¬ 
ship followed. 


Not to make 
signals. 


To seek late 
official informa¬ 
tion. 


Signal and tac¬ 
tical books. 


Rockets and 
powder for sig¬ 
nal purposes. 

The log hook. 

The electrical 
journal. 

Expenditure 

books. 


Changes i n 
ship’s log. 


The steam log. 


Draft of the 
ahlp. 


this record he made in a hook provided. These hooks shall he 
verified and authenticated daily by the signature of the signal 
officer and radio officer, respectively, and shall he submitted to 
the commanding officer for daily examination and monthly ap¬ 
proval. No alteration of these records shall be permitted, and 
the completed books shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Naviga¬ 
tion. The commanding officer shall prevent any entry or filing of 
a signal number or code message with its translation. 

2614, The commanding officer shall designate the number of 
rockets and the amount of powder to be kept in readiness for sig¬ 
nal purposes. 

2615. (1) The commanding officer shall examine the log book, 
signal record book (except aboard flagships), and steam log daily, 
the electrical log and all expenditure books as occasion may re¬ 
quire, and shall approve them on the last day of every month, 
when they are filled out, and upon the day of relinquishing com¬ 
mand. He shall have corrected any inaccuracies or omissions he 
may observe. After they have been examined by the commanding 
officer no change or addition shall be made without his permission 
or direction. 

(2) Upon getting underway the commanding officer shall cause 
to be entered in the log a brief summary of the orders under 
which the ship moves, quoting the authority for the orders, and, 
if written, the number and date thereof; or, if not acting under 
specific orders, a statement of the reasons for the move. In gen¬ 
eral the ship’s log should show the character of the duty on which 
the ship is engaged and the reasons for her movements, in order 
that it may be of historical value in future years. The command¬ 
ing officer should therefore cause to be entered in the log from 
time to time such brief statements of duty performed and of the 
conditions surrounding it as may be practicable and advisable. 
If the orders referred to above are confidential in their nature, 
the abstract of their contents shall be omitted from the log, the 
entry then consisting simply of a note of the office of origin, num¬ 
ber, and date thereof, by which it will be possible to find the 
original orders in the files of the issuing office. 

(3) Any change or addition to the log book must be made by 
the officer in whose watch the event under consideration occurred. 
An officer of the watch shall not decline to make a change in or 
an addition to his log, when his attention is called to an inaccuracy 
or omission by the commanding officer or navigating officer unless 
he believes the proposed change or addition to be incorrect, in 
which event he shall, if required, explain in writing to the com¬ 
manding officer his reasons for this opinion. The commanding 
officer may then make any remarks concerning this particular in¬ 
accuracy or omission that he may deem proper, entering them at 
the bottom of the page over his own signature. 

(4) The engineer officer of the ship shall cause the steam log 
to be corrected as may be pointed out by the commanding officer, 
unless he believes the proposed entries to be incorrect, in which 
event he shall, if required, explain in writing to the commanding 
officer the reasons for this opinion. The commanding officer may 
then enter upon the steam log, over his own signature, any re¬ 
marks concerning the particular inaccuracy or omission under 
consideration that he may deem proper. 

(5) The carpenter shall take the draft of the ship when enter¬ 
ing and just before leaving port and report it to the navigating 
officer and to the officer of the deck for entry in the log. 


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2616. (1) Except in emergencies, coal shall not be taken on 
board in a condition that might render it dangerous. The hunkers 
containing such coal shall be carefully watched. (I. chap. 29, 
sec. 3.) 

(2) Coal bags that have been used shall be examined periodi¬ 
cally, as fine coal dust remaining in them may produce spon¬ 
taneous combustion. They shall not be stowed below until they 
are dry. While in use suitable details shall be made to repair 
bags that may become torn, and means shall be provided for re¬ 
turning bags from ship to collier, so that they will not be lost 
overboard. 

2617. (1) So far as possible the ship shall be kept thoroughly 
clean throughout, dry, at a comfortable temperature, well supplied 
with light, and properly ventilated; blowers shall generally be 
kept running at full speed when hammocks are down. The men 
shall be required to wash daily; when possible, supplies of fresh 
water shall be allowed for that purpose and for washing clothes. 
Barrels or buckets of dirty water must not be stowed away or 
permitted to stand about the decks. Bath and wash rooms shall 
be supplied with hot and cold water and kept open during the 
evening. Every effort shall be made to encourage cleanly per¬ 
sonal habits. The hair and beard shall be kept short. At morning 
inspection division officers shall carefully observe whether these 
rules have been followed, and, should it be necessary, any man 
may be punished for their infraction. 

(2) The commanding officer shall see that the crew is not ex¬ 
posed to the sun or to night dews when such exposure is injurious 
and can be prevented. Men who get wet shall be permitted to 
change their clothing as soon as possible. In ports where there 
is an infectious disease or where contagious diseases are noto¬ 
riously prevalent the commanding officer should consult with the 
medical officer regarding measures advisable to preserve the 
health of the crew. If necessary, liberty and leave should be re¬ 
stricted or suspended. Men suffering from disease shall not be 
granted liberty except upon recommendation of the medical officer. 

(3) Division officers shall inspect clothing once a month and 
oftener, if necessary, in order to ascertain that it is clean, prop¬ 
erly marked, and of uniform pattern, that previous issues are 
duly accounted for, and to take note of any deficiencies; and the 
necessary steps shall be taken to see that every man is provided 
with a proper amount of stowage space for his clothing. In grant¬ 
ing clothing requisitions due regard shall be paid to the neces¬ 
sities of the individuals of the crew and the state of their accounts, 
keeping them, if possible, out of debt. Nothing but the regulation 
uniform shall be worn; and in arranging the dress for the day 
commanding officers and senior officers present shall prescribe 
such as is adapted to the climate, with prompt changes to meet 
varying conditions of weather, so as not injuriously to affect the 
health. Clothing wet by perspiration must be dried and, if pos¬ 
sible, washed before being stowed away. At morning inspection, 
from which no one shall be excused unless necessary, a careful 
examination shall be made to see that the clothing is clean, neat, 
and in accordance with the order for the day. Every reasonable 
opportunity and facility shall be given to the crew to make, mend, 
mark, and wash their clothing. 

(4) Bedding shall be aired once a week, each piece being sepa¬ 
rately shaken out and hung up, arranged along the ridge ropes 
and rails without intervals. All bedding shall be of the uniform 


Precautions to 
be taken against 
lire from spon¬ 
taneous compus- 
tlon and coal 
gas. 

Coal bags. 


Cleanliness. 


Precautions as 
to health of 
crew. 


Clothing. 


Bedding. 



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Allowance o f 
water. 


Dress board. 


Insp e e 11 o n s 
and use of fresh 
food, etc. 


Serving out of 
rations. 


Hours for 
messing. 


Food and wa¬ 
ter. 


Changes i n 
submesses. 


Extra issues 
for night 
watches. 


Binnacle list. 


T h e medical 
records. 

Athletic exer¬ 
cises. 


pattern and color; each man shall have two mattress covers and 
change them frequently; when hammock mattresses become lumpy 
or need cleaning, they shall be returned to the vessel’s home yard, 
being replaced from the spare mattresses carried on board; 
blankets shall be washed as often as necessary, special facilities, 
if possible, being given to firemen, mechanics, and others whose 
bedding requires frequent inspections and much care. 

(5) Unless absolutely necessary, the daily allowance of fresh 
water shall not be limited to less than one gallon per man for all 
purposes. When practicable, fresh water shall be issued for wash¬ 
ing the soiled clothes of the crew. 

(6) A dress board, on which will be indicated the uniform of 
the crew, shall be kept posted in a conspicuous position. 

2618. (1) The commanding officer shall appoint a board, con¬ 
sisting of the executive officer and two other officers, to audit 
monthly the accounts of the chief petty officers’ mess, which board 
shall report to him anything unsatisfactory in its condition. 

(2) A medical officer shall inspect as to quality all fresh food 
purchased for the general mess and frequently inspect the fruit 
and other articles of food and drink offered for sale alongside. In 
localities where night soil is commonly used for fertilizing pur¬ 
poses none of the vegetables ordinarily eaten uncooked shall be 
permitted on board, and in infected ports no fresh milk, bottled 
waters, ov fruits shall be allowed. 

(3) When possible a junior officer and one or more petty officers 
shall be present when meals are served out at the galley; they 
shall report if there is any cause for complaint as to the quantity 
and quality of the food. 

(4) The commanding officer shall establish hours for messing, 
having a due regard for the duties of the ship and the health of 
the crew. The crew shall not be disturbed during meal hours 
when it can be avoided. The practice of conducting visitors 
through the messing spaces of the men during meal hours should 
be discouraged. Meals shall not be served to men going on watch 
before the regular meal hours; such men shall get their meals 
at the regular time and shall relieve one-half hour after meals 
are served. 

(5) The commanding officer shall see that all cooking and mess 
utensils are kept clean; that the food is wholesome and well 
cooked. Only pure water, distilled when practicable, shall be 
allowed for drinking or culinary purposes, and no water shall be 
issued for drinking until it has been examined and approved by 
the medical officer. 

(6) The executive officer shall notify the supply officer of any 
changes in the number of men in the various submesses, in order 
that the food may be properly apportioned at the galley. 

(7) The executive officer shall notify the supply officer daily 
of the number of men in the engineer and dynamo force detailed 
for night steaming watches, so that extra issues of provisions 
may be made to them. 

2619. (1) The commanding officer shall examine and approve 
daily the binnacle or other list of officers and crew recommended 
to be excused from duty, and no names shall be added after it 
has been approved without his permission. 

(2) He shall inspect the health records and journal of the 
medical department whenever he considers it necessary. 

2620. (1) The commanding officer shall encourage the men to 
engage in athletics, fencing, boxing, boating, and other similar 


229 


sports and exercises. Gymnastic outfits will be furnished by the 
department 'to vessels requesting them. When the weather and 
other circumstances permit, he shall establish in the routine of 
exercises and drills a regular period for swimming, such exercise 
to include every enlisted person on board, except those excused 
by the surgeon. 

(2) During boat races the use of whistles or siren shall not be 
permitted as an encouragement to the contestants ; the whistle of 
the referee’s launch may, however, be used to indicate which boat 
is leading. 

2021. In ports where cholera, typhoid, dysentery, or other 
water-borne diseases are prevailing, either sporadically or epi¬ 
demically, the use of harbor water shall not be permitted on 
board either upon or below the upper deck; also, in ports where the 
water is contaminated by sewage, animal matter, or refuse, its 
use shall only be permitted after consultation with the medical 
officer of the ship. 

2622. The commanding officer shall assure himself that the 
duty of examining and working, once a week, all cocks, valves, 
slides, doors, outlets, and hatches in connection with the venti¬ 
lating apparatus, pumps, and water-tight compartments is faith¬ 
fully performed. 

2028. The commanding officer shall prescribe the means, with 
reasonable restrictions as to time and place, by which the members 
of the crew may make any request, report, or statement to him, 
which he shall receive and consider. Frivolous, vexatious, or 
intentionally false reports or statements shall be considered mis¬ 
demeanors. 

2624-. The commanding officer shall cause liberty lists to be pre¬ 
pared by the executive officer, which he shall carefully inspect 
before approval. He shall exercise great care that no injustice 
is done in the distribution of privileges in this respect. (Arts. 
R. 3669, I. 3565, and R. 3710.) 

2025. (1) The crew shall be permitted to smoke from “all 
hands ” to “ turn to,” during meal hours, and from the time the 
hammocks are down until tattoo. The crew may also be permitted 
to smoke at other times, such as during holidays, on Saturday and 
Sunday afternoons, during coaling ship and cleaning up after¬ 
wards, and for a limited period during night watches; but these 
are privileges which may be withheld and should be if they lead to 
soiling the ship or other abuses. 

(2) Smoking below the main deck shall be allowed only in the 
cabins and ward room between the hours of 8 a. m. and 10 p. m., 
and in such other inclosures.and at such times as the commanding 
officer may specifically designate. On special occasions the com¬ 
manding officer may extend the hours for smoking in the ward 
room. 

(3) Smoking during divine service is forbidden. 

(4) Smoking in the ship’ boats, not on detached service, is for- 


Swi mming. 


Harbor water. 


All doors, 
valves, etc., to 
be worked once 
a week. 


To receive and 
consider requests 
of the crew. 


Liberty lists. 


Officers. 


Ship's boats. 


bidden. 

(5) After the hammocks are down the crew shall smoke only on 
the upper decks. 

(6) The chief master-at-arms shall have charge of the smoking 
lamp and see that it is kept lighted during smoking hours only. 
He shall take care that there is no smoking in unauthorized places 
and that the galley fires and other lights are not used by smokers. 

2026. (1) The chief boatswain or boatswain, chief gunner or 
gunner, chief carpenter or carpenter, and chief sailmaker or sail- 
maker, or, in their absence, their mates, shall report to the execu- 


Smoking. 


Reports from 
warrant officers. 


230 


To report con¬ 
dition of ship. 

Report of pris¬ 
oners. 


Inspections. 


Special duties. 


Rigging and 
movable arti¬ 
cles. 


Ground tackle. 


Stowage o f 
hold. 


Daily inspec¬ 
tion of maga¬ 
zines. 


Weekly i n - 
spcction of flood 
cocks, etc. 


Assistance to 
b e given first 
lieutenant. 


Exaininat i o n 
of spars. 


five officer twice daily, at 8 a. m. and 8 p. m., the condition of the 
ship and her appurtenances, so far as their respective'departments 
are concerned. 

(2) The executive officer shall report to the commanding officer 
the condition of the ship at 8 p. m. 

(3) At 9 a. m. daily the chief master-at-arms shall submit 
through the executive officer a report of all persons confined, with 
a statement of their offenses, the manner and date of confinement, 
and the authority by which the confinement was ordered. 

(4) The chief master-at-arms shall examine the holds and store¬ 
rooms to see if they have been closed at the apppointed hours, the 
lights extinguished, and the keys turned in, and report the result 
to the executive officer when the latter makes his evening rounds. 

2027. (1) The boatswain of the ship shall frequently examine 
the spars and rigging. Should he discover any signs of weakness 
or any defects, he shall report the same to the first lieutenant and, 
if requiring immediate attention, to the officer of the deck. 

(2) When at sea, in ships where it would be appropriate, he shall 
go aloft every morning and examine the rigging on each mast, re¬ 
porting the result to the officer of the deck, and shall pay particu¬ 
lar attention to the securing of the anchors, boats, and other 
movable articles. 

(3) He shall satisfy himself that the ground tackle is always 
ready for use and in good condition. When at anchor he shall see 
that nothing interferes with a readiness to veer, slip, or bring to 
the chain or to let go the spare anchors. 

(4) When stowing the hold and storerooms under his charge 
he shall take care that such articles as may be needed in an emer¬ 
gency are kept accessible. 

2028. (1) The gunner assigned to ordnance duty shall inspect 
the magazines daily, and the fact that such inspection was made 
shall be noted in the ship’s log. This inspection shall be made per¬ 
sonally by the gunner (if there be one on board) unless he is 
incapacitated for duty. (Art. R. 3211 (2).) 

(2) The temperature and hygroscopic conditions of the maga¬ 
zines shall be constantly watched. Maximum and minimum ther¬ 
mometers shall be placed, one in the hottest and one in the coolest 
part of each magazine. The temperature shall be taken daily and 
noted in the ship’s log book, and reports in regard thereto shall be 
made to the Bureau of Ordnauce monthly on the forms provided. 

(3) The condition of the magazines, as to cleanliness, ventila¬ 
tion, temperature, and the general condition of their contents, shall 
be carefully watched at all times by the ordnance gunner, who 
shall immediately report any unusual or wrong condition to the 
gunnery and executive officers. 

(4) The ordnance gunner shall inspect the magazines and shell 
rooms and test all of the flood cocks once a week, reporting the 
result to the executive and gunnery officers and furnishing to the 
officer of the deck a memorandum report of such test for entry in 
the ship’s log. 

2629. (1) The carpenter shall assist nie first lieutenant in the 
inspection and care of all compartments, water-tight doors, double 
bottoms, and mechanical devices for the management and safety 
of the vessel, outside the engineer department. 

(2) He shall, in ships where it would be appropriate, when at 
sea, examine the spars during every morning watch and report 
their conditions to the officer of the deck. 


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(3) He shall frequently examine the lightning conductors and 
see that they are kept in good condition. 

(4) He shall keep in place and ready for use at all times the 
apparatus used for battening down hatches. 

2030. A suitable anchor watch shall be detailed by the execu¬ 
tive officer, in accordance with instructions from the commanding 
officer. 

2031. (1) The executive officer shall be responsible for the 
condition of the anchors, chains, and moorings. He shall inspect 
and overhaul the chain cables whenever necessary, and see that 
they are properly marked and in good order. Once each month 
both bower chains, if they have been used, shall be ranged on 
deck to the 60-fathom shackle, and each link closely examined for 
defects. 

(2) When moored he shall keep himself informed of the condi¬ 
tion of the hawse and, with the sanction of the commanding officer, 
shall have it cleared when necessary. 

(3) In getting underway at least two competent petty officers 
shall be detailed, whose sole duty shall be to examine critically 
each link of chain as it comes in for any sign of cracks in the 
welds. 

(4) Before entering port the executive officer shall see that all 
dispositions for anchoring are made, and that all the ground tackle 
is ready for use. 

(5) If a cable has been slipped or parted, every possible means 
shall be employed to recover both the anchor and that part of the 
cable which is lost. 

(6) Whenever an anchor is lost or an accident experienced 
with a chain cable, a special report shall he made to the Bureau 
of Construction and Repair, containing all possible information 
concerning the loss or accident, including speed of ship when 
anchor was let go, together with a statement as to whether the 
requirements as to care, preservation, and inspection of anchors 
and chain cables have been carried out. In this report the shot 
numbers of the chain and the type registry numbers and weight 
of anchor shall be stated. The shot numbers will be found on the 
end links of each shot. 

(7) The following procedure regarding anchor chains will be 
followed during the overhaul period of the following classes of 
vessels: 

(а) Battleships, first line. 

(б) Battleships, second line. 

(c) Armored cruisers. 

id) Cruisers, first class. 

(cj Cruisers, second class. 

On the east coast request will, be made by the commanding officer 
on the navy yard at which the vessel is being overhauled to for¬ 
ward to the Boston yard all bower and sheet chains belonging to 
the vessel. On the west coast the chains will be forwarded to the 
Puget Sound yard. Should it not be practicable to forward all 
chains at one time, they should be forwarded one at a time and 
the yard requested to return the chains at the earliest practicable 
date. 

Upon the receipt of the chains by the Boston or Puget Sound 
yard they should be carefully inspected and compared with the 
standard plan of chain cables. If the chains do not conform to the 
standard plan, they should be made to conform to it. If any part 
of the chain has been reduced by corrosion or wear so that the 
mean diameter is reduced to 85 per cent of its original diameter, 


Lightning con¬ 
ductors. 

Battening 
down hatches. 

Anchor watch. 


• Ground tackle. 


that part should be replaced. After the necessary replacements 
are made, the chain should be annealed, tested, and returned to 
the vessel. In each case the Bureau of Construction and Repair 
should be advised of the work actually done to the chains. A 
record of all work done should be kept by the Boston and Puget 
Sound yards. 

If, when a vessel is undergoing repairs (not at overhaul peri- 
*ods), an examination of its chain should indicate that overhauling 


Disposal of ref¬ 
use. 


Air and gun 
ports. 


Special duties. 


Painted and 
oiled canvas. 


High explo* 
sives not to he 
removed. 

Examina t i o n 
of stores and 
spare articles. 

Chain cables. 


Effects of the 
absent and dead. 


the chain is necessary, the matter should be brought to the atten¬ 
tion of the Bureau of Construction and Repair in ample time to 
permit the necessary arrangements being made. 

For vessels of classes other than those enumerated above, the 
commanding officer shall have made a careful examination of all 
chains at each overhaul period. A specific recommendation as to 
whether or not the chains are found to be in such condition as 
to warrant retreatment at the Boston or Puget Sound yard should 
he submitted to the Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

2032. (1) Wood, barrels, packing boxes, or unpierced metal 
cans shall not be thrown overboard, either in port or at sea. 

(2) In confined ports, where garbage would constitute a menace 
to the health or a nuisance to people in the vicinity, it shall not 
be thrown overboard, but shall be burned on board ship or other¬ 
wise disposed of in some suitable manner. 

2033. (1) When at sea no ports shall be opened without the 
knowledge and consent of the commanding officer, and they shall 
always be opened and closed by men specially appointed for that 
duty. Those on the lower decks shall be closed at sunset, unless 
special authority is granted to keep them open, and a report shall 
invariably be made to the officer of the deck when a port is opened 
or closed. 

(2) Neither gun nor air ports shall be opened when there is any 
probability that water will enter to dangerous extent. 

2634. (1) The sailmaker’s mate shall frequently examine the 
sail rooms to see if the sails, awnings, etc., are dry, free from 
vermin, and properly tallied. 

(2) He shall allow no painted or oiled canvas or other material 
that may produce spontaneous combustion to be stowed in the 
sail room. 

2035. When a ship arrives at a navy yard for docking or for 
ordinary repairs, explosives need not be removed unless work is 
to be done in the immediate vicinity of the explosives. 

2036. (1) All spare articles, stores, cables, hawsers, and sails 
shall be examined each quarter, and oftener if necessary, in order 
to prevent deterioration and insure their efficient condition. 

(2) At this quarterly examination particular attention shall be 
paid to the chain cables; they must be scaled and cleaned of rust 
and other foreign matter; the shackles, shackle bolts, forelock 
pins, and swivels will be carefully examined and put in order; and 
such parts as require it will be coated with blacking, tallow, or 
white lead. 

2037. (1) The chief master-at-arms shall take charge of the 
effects of all absent and deceased members of the crew and hold 
them until disposed of by order of superior authority. 

(2) He shall take charge of the bag and hammock of anyone 
who is absent without leave, reporting his action to the executive 
officer. 


(3) He shall take charge of the effects of liberty men when so 
directed. 


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(4) He shall he present at the sale of the effects of deserters 
and deceased persons. 

2038. When a magazine is about to be opened all unauthorized When maga- 
lights and fires near the entrance must be extinguished. zlues opened. 

2630. When an order is given to clear the lower decks, the Clearing lower 
chief master-at-arms shall see that it is obeyed at once and that decks, 
no unauthorized persons remain below. 

2640. The chief master-at-arms shall see that all dispositions Evening in- 
ordered for safety at night, including the securing of storerooms, sP ec t ion - 
holds, orlops, water-tight doors, etc., that are closed for the night, 

are completed by 7.30 p. m. or before. 

2641. (1) In order that all men in the naval service may be 
properly drilled in first aid, instruction therein shall be given by 
divisional officers to the men under their immediate command. 

(2) The periods for such instruction shall be of ten minutes’ 
duration twice each week, when practicable, to follow or form 
part of the exercises of a regular drill period, and shall be limited 
to the following subjects : 

(a) Control of hemorrhage; (b) application of occlusive dress¬ 
ings; (c) resuscitation of the apparently drowned. 

(3) The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery will issue detailed in¬ 
formation covering the above points. The necessary dummy dress¬ 
ings shall be supplied by the medical department of the ship or 
station. Divisional officers shall be instructed by the medical 
officers of their respective commands in the details of first-aid 
drills as may be necessary. 

2642. (1) In order that the instruction of members of the Hos¬ 
pital Corps afloat may be conducted efficiently and in accordance 
with a definite and uniform system throughout the service, in¬ 
structions shall be given on the following subjects and in the fol¬ 
lowing order aboard every ship of the Navy to which there are 
two or more medical officers attached: 


Day. 

Subject. 

Instructor. 

1 

Medical and surgical nursing. 

Medical officer. 

2 

Materia medica and practical pharmacy. 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 

3 

Emergency surgery and first aid, application of 
splints and occlusive dressings. 

Medical officer. 

4 

Bandaging.. 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 

5 

Anatomy and physiology. 

Medical officer. 

6 

Transportation methods. 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 

7 

Aseptic operation drill: sterilization; preparation of 
patient for operation. 

Medical officer. 

8 

9 

Review. 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 
Medical officer. 

Medical and surgical nursing. 

10 

Materia medica and practical pharmacy. 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 

11 

Emergency surgery and first aid. 

Medical officer. 

12 

Bandaging.... 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 

13 

Hygiene; personal and ship hygiene; venereal pro¬ 
phylaxis. 

Medical officer. 

14 

Medical records; care of instruments and medical 
stores. 

Chief pharmacist’s mate. 

15 

Emergency surgery and first aid.. 

Medical officer. 

16 

Quiz and general review. 

Alii instructors. 


(2) Such instruction shall be given, so far as practicable, on 
four days of each week, for a one-half hour period on each day, in 
accordance with the schedule given in the preceding paragraph, 
the schedule being repeated beginning with the seventeenth day 


























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of such instruction. The course shall be so planned as to be con¬ 
tinuous and progressive throughout the cruise. 

(3) In addition to the course given above, each hospital corps- 
man, during his day’s duty, shall be given an opportunity to learn 
by practical experience the proper methods of keeping sick-bay 
records regarding treatment, temperature, diet, etc., the use of 
proper forms, and the methodical tabulation of such data. To 
this end, hospital corpsmen shall be detailed for the duty of sick¬ 
bay recorder. 

(4) The medical officer of the ship shall assure himself that the 
chief pharmacist’s mate is properly qualified to carry out his 
work as an instructor and shall take such measures as may be 
necessary to see that he is thoroughly informed in the duties of 
his rating. 

(5) On board each ship to which there is but one medical 
officer attached the medical officer, subject to the approval of the 
commanding officer, shall carry out instruction along the lines 
indicated above as fully ns time and other circumstances will 
permit. 


CHAPTER 25. 


CARE AND PRESERVATION OF HULLS OF SHIPS AND OF 
MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES PERTAINING THERETO. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

inspection of 2702. (2) The medical officer of the ship shall accompany the 
coninartments, ^ rs t lieutenant on the weekly inspection of living spaces, holds, 
and storerooms, and after each such inspection shall make to the 
commanding officer a written report of the sanitary condition of 
the vessel. 

inflammable 2707. (5) The commanding officer shall require the medical 
medical stores. 0 fp cer 0 f the gpjp to give his personal attention to the safety 
of all inflammable medical stores. Acids shall not be kept near 
combustible materials and when in bottles shall be placed in lead- 
lined boxes. 


CHAPTER 28. 


MEDICAL INSTRUCTIONS. 


(Navy Regulations, chap. 27.) 

Section 1.—Physical Examination of Recruits. 

Records of ex- 3201. Whenever any person is examined physically for enlist- 
linations. ment in the Navy or Marine Corps, whether subsequently enlisted 
or rejected, his name shall be entered on a card (Form X, rough) 
kept for the purpose of preparing Form X. This card (Form X, 
rough) shall be retained for ship or station files and shall be filed 
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alphabetically, by calendar years, according to the applicant’s 
surname, in order that information may be furnished the bureau 
upon request. 

3202. No person other than a medical officer shall be permitted 
to conduct any part of a physical examination or to sign an origi¬ 
nal entry on any medical record of enlistment. 

3203. Every such examination shall be completed according to 
the official forms and shall in no case be suspended on the recogni¬ 
tion of a disqualifying defect. 

3204. 'Whenever reports of medical survey represent a disability 
to have existed prior to enlistment the medical officer who passed 
such recruit will he called to account for such enlistment. 

3205. An applicant for enlistment having been found to be clean 
and sober, the medical officer shall proceed to make a thorough 
inspection of his body. While permitted to use his own discretion 
as to the routine of procedure, he shall make inquiry on all points 
indicated in the manual for medical officers. 

3206. The intelligence of the applicant will usually be evident 
from the character of his replies to inquiries respecting former 
residence and occupation, family history, etc., but applicants pos¬ 
sessing latent mental defects shall be carefully excluded. 

3207. The age of the applicant shall be constantly kept in view 
by medical examiners in determining the standard of physical 
fitness. 

3208. (1) The examination having been concluded and the can¬ 
didate found qualified for the service, the medical examiner shall 
enter his descriptive list upon the blank service record furnished 
by the Bureau of Navigation or the Commandant of the Marine 
Corps and, having signed it, shall transmit the record to the-com¬ 
manding officer. He shall also make the necessary entries upon 
the blank health records furnished by the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery, retaining such records until the recruits are transferred, 
when they shall be duly forwarded as provided in the manual for 
medical officers. 

(2) Upon the transfer at any time of an enlisted person the 
medical officer shall make the necessary entries upon the service 
and health records. 

3209. In cases where physical disqualifications are waived by 
the Navy Department the medical examiners shall fully describe 
the same on all records of enlistment. (Art. R. 3523.) 

3210. Recruits enlisted at a rendezvous on shore shall be re¬ 
examined as soon as they arrive on board a receiving ship, and 
any defects that may be discovered shall be reported at once to the 
commanding officer. 

3211. (1) Recruits shall be vaccinated within 24 hours after 
their arrival on a receiving ship or at a barracks. In case of fail¬ 
ure the operation shall be repeated in eight days. If the second 
vaccination is not successful it shall be repeated at the first oppor¬ 
tunity with a vaccine of assured potency. The only acceptable 
evidence’ of successful vaccination is a pitted scar following 
vaccination. Results of vaccination shall be recorded on the health 
record and reported on the quarterly report of sick. 

(21 No recruit in the Navy or Marine Corps shall be transferred 
from a training station, receiving ship, or barracks, or other ren¬ 
dezvous, until the medical officer is satisfied that the man is pro¬ 
tected against smallpox. 

(3) Every enlisted man of the Navy or Marine Corps shall be 
vaccinated upon reenlisting, or extending enlistment, unless (a) 


Only meaicai 
officers to con¬ 
duct examina¬ 
tions. 

Examinations 
must be com¬ 
pleted in every 
case. 

Care to be ex¬ 
ercised in exam¬ 
inations. 

Examinat ion 
of the .body. 


Intelligence. 


Age. 


Entries to be 
made on enlist¬ 
ment records. 


When defects 
are waived by 
Navy Depart¬ 
ment. 

Reexamination 
of recruits trans¬ 
ferred from a 
rendezvous. 

Recruits to be 
vaccinated. 


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Typhoid pro¬ 
phylactic. 


Officers ad* 
niitted to hospi¬ 
tals. 


Sick and dis¬ 
abled officers en¬ 
titled to medical 
attendance. 


he has two pitted vaccination scars, or (h) shows evidence of a 
previous attack of smallpox. 

(4) Every officer upon appointment should be vaccinated imme¬ 
diately upon reporting at his first station for duty and the fact 
entered on his health record. Revaccination should be performed 
at least once in every seven years thereafter unless he has two 
pitted vaccination scars or evidence of a previous attack of small¬ 
pox. The responsibility for re vaccination shall rest upon the medi¬ 
cal officer making the annual physical examination required by 
I. 709 (5). If it is impracticable for this medical officer to per¬ 
form the vaccination he shall notify the proper medical officer,- 
through official channels, so that it may be carried out. The 
medical officer who performs the vaccination shall note the result 
of the vaccination on the officer’s health record. 

3212. (1) Typhoid prophylactic shall be administered to all 
persons upon their first entry into the Navy or Marine Corps. 

(2) It shall be administered to each enlisted man upon each sub¬ 
sequent enlistment or extension of enlistment who is under 45 years 
of age or has not had a well-defined case of typhoid fever. The 
medical officer making the physical examination at the time of 
reenlistment shall start the administration, if practicable; if not, 
he shall notify the proper medical officer, through official channels, 
so that the administration may be completed. 

(3) The administration of typhoid prophylaxis should be re¬ 
peated after a period of four years for all persons in the Navy or 
Marine Corps who are under 45 years of age or who have not 
had a well-defined case of typhoid fever, and the medical officer 
making the annual physical examination required by Article I. 
709 (5) shall be responsible for its administration. If it is im¬ 
practicable for him to give the prophylactic, he shall notify the 
proper medical officer, through official channels, so that it may be 
given. 

(4) The only acceptable evidence of administration of the pro¬ 
phylactic shall be the entry on the health record signed by the 
medical officer. 

Section 2.—Hospitals. 

3221. (1) When an officer is admitted to a naval hospital, he is 
entitled to remain under treatment and to have all the advantages 
of such hospital until cured. In the case of chronic disorders 
which after a sufficient period shall appear to the medical officer 
in command of the hospital to be not susceptible of cure, that 
officer shall make a report to the commandant of the station and 
request a medical survey thereon. If a survey recommends a 
continuation of treatment, the officer surveyed may remain until 
a subsequent survey shall recommend a discharge. 

(2) When a medical survey, duly approved, shall recommend 
an officer’s discharge from hospital, it shall be at the option of 
such officer, if disabled or decrepit, to be transferred to the Naval 
Home. 

(3) A copy of all the papers in such cases shall be forwarded 
by the commandant to the Secretary of the Navy. 

3222. Sick, wounded, or disabled officers are entitled to the 
benefits of naval medical and surgical attendance, either within 
or without a naval hospital, so long as they remain sick, wounded, 
or disabled. The fact that an officer has been recently treated 
within a naval hospital shall not prevent his readmission to the 
same or to any other hospital. 


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3223. Tlie medical officer in command of a naval hospital is Responsibility 
responsible for the care and treatment of the sick and for the ^ rs m< ( | 1 n cal 
discipline, cleanliness, and economy of the institution, which it maud. 

is his duty to keep in an efficient condition. He shall exact from 
subordinates, employees, and patients a proper obedience to his 
orders and to the laws and regulations of the Navy. Medical 
officers and all persons employed in the hospital shall perform 
such duties as may be assigned to them by the medical officer in 
command. 

3224. Except in cases of emergency, which shall be immediately No changes to 

reported to the Secretary of the Navy through the Bureau of grounds 1 " 

Medicine and Surgery, no changes shall be made in the hospital 
buildings, furniture, trees, or grounds. No bills for purchases 

and repairs shall be contracted without the permission of the 
bureau except in special exigencies. 

3225. The medical officer in command of a hospital shall in- Inspection of 
spect all medicines, provisions, and medical supplies that may be ‘fn^ctc’ SUP " 
received, or shall cause them to be inspected by a junior medical l> lts> e u 
officer, who shall report to him their condition. A record of the 
inspection shall be entered on the daily journal. 

3226. He shall direct the medical officers in charge of wards to Examination 
present the health records to him once each week for examination, of health rec- 
and will assure himself that they are properly kept. 

3227. (1) The medical officer in command of a hospital shall Medical officer 
detail a medical officer, who, in addition to other professional of the day * 
duties assigned him, shall perform the duty of “ officer of the day ” 

for twenty-four hours, beginning at 10 a. m., as prescribed In the 
manual for medical officers. 

(2) The officer of the day shall keep a journal, which he shall haily journal, 
sign at the end of the day’s duty, in which he shall make a brief 

entry of all matters of which a record is desirable occurring during 
such tour. 

(3) The officer of the day shall give his undivided attention to 
the official business of the hospital; he shall remain in his office 
during office hours, unless called elsewhere by duty; and he shall 
leave the building on duty only, unless excused by special per¬ 
mission of the commanding officer. He shall occupy quarters in 
the main building during his tour of duty, and shall at all times 
wear the uniform of the day. 

3228. Medical officers in charge of wards shall be held responsi- Medical offl- 
ble for the order, neatness, and the good condition of all within ee ” char ? e ot 
them. They shall exercise a personal supervision over the comfort " ,ir s ’ 

and welfare of the sick, visiting them at least twice daily, and 
oftener in severe cases, and they shall assure themselves that 
their directions as to medicines, dressing, regimen, etc., are accu¬ 
rately and promptly carried out. 

3220. Patients shall be accompanied upon admission by hospital Patients should 
tickets and health records, but they may be admitted without t ^ c °^ospit* al 

these papers in case of emergency, when the medical officer shall tickets, 
report the fact to the commandant of the station with a statement 
of the emergency and request that the necessary papers be sup¬ 
plied. 

3230. Convalescent patients may be detailed for light service, Convalescents 

but shall not be retained in the hospital for that purpose after *® ie J fit ar fo r 
they are fit for duty. duty. 

3231. No patient in hospital shall be entitled to any service Attendants, 
except that of the regular hospital attendants; nor shall anyone, 

except medical officers on duty, patients, and employees of the 


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Diet tables. 


Special diet 
list. 


Forms to be 
observed upon 
receipt of a pa¬ 
tient. 

Patients left 
in hospital after 
sailing of ship. 


Discharges for 
disability. 

Records of 
cases of persons 
surveyed. 


Weekly report 
of sick. 


Regulations to 
be submitted. 


Medical rec¬ 
ords. 


How kept. 


Prescription 

book. 


hospital be subsisted or lodged without permission of the Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery. 

3232. For patients’ diet tables prepared by the Bureau of Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery shall be followed when practicable, but the 
allowance to attendants’ messes may be varied at the discretion of 
the medical officer in command of the hospital, provided the value 
of the ration is not exceeded. 

3233. For each ward there shall be kept a special diet list, 
which shall be revised and corrected every morning by the medical 
officer in charge of the ward. 

3234. When a patient is admitted and discharged the procedure 
with respect to the preparation of official papers prescribed in the 
Manual for the Medical Department shall be observed. 

3235. When patients are left in hospital after the sailing of the 
ship from which they were sent, the medical officer in command 
thereof shall report to the commandant of the station as soon as 
they are in a position to justify their removal, making a partic¬ 
ular statement of the facts and circumstances connected with each 
case. 

3238. (1) No person in a hospital shall be discharged from the 
service for physical disability, except upon the recommendation of 
a board of medical survey. 

(2) In reports of survey the name of the ship from which the 
person was received shall always be noted. 

3237. The health record shall be signed, upon its conclusion, or 
on detachment of the officer, by the medical officer in charge of the 
patient’s ward, and shall be verified by the signature of the 
medical officer in command of the hospital. 

3238. Each Monday a report of sick for the preceding week 
shall be made in triplicate, one copy being sent to the commandant 
of the station, one to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and 
the other retained for the files of the hospital as a basis for the 
report of the following week. 

3233. All general regulations for the government of naval hos¬ 
pitals shall be approved by the Secretary of the Navy and in¬ 
cluded in the Manual for the Medical Department. Detailed regu¬ 
lations for the interior government of such hospitals shall be 
issued by the medical officer in command thereof, and copies shall 
be forwarded to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as soon as 
issued. 

Section 3.—General Instructions. 

3251. The medical officers in command of every hospital and 
the medical officer of every ship, station, or place of duty shall 
keep, or caused to be kept by a junior medical officer, a journal, 
which shall be a complete and succinct history of affairs coming 
within his province, except that admissions and discharges of 
patients and other information called for by the health records 
may be omitted. This journal shall be retained as a permanent 
record of the hospital, ship, or station. In case of a ship being 
placed out of commission, or of a station being closed, this journal 
shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

3252. The health records and all other returns shall be kept 
with neatness, accuracy, and uniformity, and in accordance with 
the directions prescribed in the Manual for the Medical Depart¬ 
ment, United States Navy. 

3253. Issues of medicine or medical stores to persons not in the 
Navy shall be noted in a prescription book kept for the purpose. 


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3254. Medical officers shall avoid inaccuracies or deficiencies in 
the statistical report of sick upon which is based the annual sta¬ 
tistical report of the Surgeon General. To this end it is directed 
that a list of patients be kept in which shall be inscribed the 
name of every person as soon as he is admitted to the sick list. 
From this list the prescribed forms shall be prepared. 

3255. (1) The medical officer in command of each hospital 
and the medical officer of each station and ship shall be held re¬ 
sponsible and accountable for all public property under his con¬ 
trol belonging to the medical department of the Navy. (Art. 
I. 2125.) 

(2) Medical officers shall forward to the Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery, with the return of property, a concise account of the 
authority and reasons for expenditure and disposition of all 
property expended, other than medicines, hospital stores, surgical 
appliances, and stationery. 

(3) They will not be released from responsibility for the value 
of any surgical instruments or furniture, unless the expenditure 
shall have been authorized by the bureau or by a board of survey. 

(4) The property returns from ships in a fleet shall be for¬ 
warded through the commander in chief, who shall cause the fleet 
surgeon to see that expenditures are made with due regard to 
efficiency and economy, and who shall report to the Navy Depart¬ 
ment any instances of wastefulness or unauthorized expenditures. 

3257. A health record shall be issued for each officer when ap¬ 
pointed or promoted, and for every man enlisted in the Navy or 
Marine Corps, which record shall accompany him in all transfers, 
as prescribed in the Manual for the Medical Department. For an 
officer, the president of the board of medical examiners or a mem¬ 
ber designated by him shall open such health record. For an 
enlisted man the record shall be opened by the medical officer 
making the examination. 

3258. The medical officer in command of each hospital and the 
medical officer of each shore station shall keep, or cause to be 
kept, a bill book, in which shall be entered a copy of the items of 
every voucher, noting the number of the form on which the 
voucher was made, the date, and in whose favOr. This bill book 
shall be retained as one of the permanent records. 

3253. The medical officer in command of each hospital and the 
medical officer at each shore station, marine barracks^ or marine 
detachment shall, on the 1st day of January of each year, submit 
to the Navy Department (Bureau of Medicine and Surgery) a sani¬ 
tary report for the preceding year, which shall include a report 
of the sanitary conditions of the hospital, marine barracks, navy 
yard, station, or detachment. 

3200. All persons employed in the Medical Department of the 
Navy are prohibited from accepting donations or bequests from 
patients or contractors, or from the friends of either, and from 
acting as administrator or executor for, or receiving on deposit any 
article of value from any patient. 

3261. All necessary hospital and ambulance service at naval 
hospitals, naval stations, navy yards, and marine barracks, and 
in vessels of the Navy, Coast Survey, and Bureau of Fisheries 
shall be performed by the members of the Hospital Corps. The 
Nurse Corps (female) shall be eligible for duty at naval hospitals 
and on board of hospital and ambulance ships and for such special 
duty as may be deemed necessary by the Surgeon General. (Art. 
R. 3322.) j 


Statistical re¬ 
port of sick. 


Accountability 
for property ex¬ 
pended. 


Health record. 


Hill book. 


Sanitary re¬ 
port from shore 
stations. 


Employees to 
have no financial 
dealings with pa¬ 
tients. 


Hospital and 
ambulance serv¬ 
ice. 


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3262. (1) On expeditionary service, when field hospitals are 
established under the command of Marine Corps officers, men 
attached thereto and patients shall be .subsisted in the follow¬ 
ing manner: 

(2) When the organization is subsisted on either the Army or 
Navy ration: 

( a ) Officers of the Marine Corps and Navy (who are patients 
in a field hospital) shall be charged 30 cents per diem, which 
amount shall be paid by them in cash to the officer in charge of 
the hospital. 

(b) Enlisted men of the Navy attached to the field hospital 
shall be rationed in the regular mess, and reimbursement shall 
be effected by the transfer of funds, using Form N. M. C. 738. 

(c) The rations of enlisted men, both of the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, who are patients, shall be commuted at the rate 
of 30 cents per diem; such commutation shall be paid, on prop¬ 
erly supported vouchers, to the officer in charge of the hospital 
by the quartermaster of the organization, or other officer having 
the pay accounts of such men, charging the amounts so paid, in 
the case of enlisted men of the Navy, to the proper appropria¬ 
tion of the Navy. 

3263. The administration of the hospital funds shall be the 
same as that prescribed for other Marine Corps mess funds. 


CHAPTER 30. 


SHORE STATIONS. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 36.) 

Section 1,—General Administration. 

3411. (1) Civil'employees at navy yards, naval stations, and 
naval reservations, when sick or injured, may be removed to their 
homes or to a civil hospital by Government conveyance when the 
distances involved are not so great as to embarrass the ambulance 
service or unduly involve other Government transportation. Other¬ 
wise any expenses for such transportation must be borne by the 
employees. 

(2) Such employees may be cared for in a naval hospital when, 
in the opinion of the medical officer, removal to their homes or 
to other hospitals might jeopardize their lives. The stay of such 
patients in naval hospitals shall continue only so long as may be 
necessary to provide for their transfer home or to a civil institu¬ 
tion without endangering their prospects of recovery as regards 
life, and while so under treatment they shall be required to pay 
50 cents for each day or part of a day, all money so received to be 
applied to the naval hospital fund. 

Section 3.—Duties of Heads of Departments and Divisions. 

3433. The heads of departments and divisions shall prepare 
and sign all reports and accounts relating thereto that are required 
to be made by the commandant to the Navy Department or any of 
its bureaus. 




241 


Section 6.—Medical Officer. 

3461. (1) The medical officer shall make a daily report to the Dally sick re¬ 
commandant of all persons in the naval service attached to the port, 
yard who should be excused from duty on account of sickness, and 
shall furnish to the commanding officer of marines a copy of so 
much of said report as pertains to the marines. 

(2) He shall examine recruits who may offer to enlist in the To examine re- 
Marine Corps at the yard, and all candidates for appointment in c .™ it . s an<i can ' 
the Navy who may present themselves under proper authority. 

(3) Medical officers shall examine all applicants for pensions Applicants for 
under the provisions of sections 4756 and 4757 of the Revised pensions. 
Statutes and give the required certificate on the blanks issued by 

the department. 


CHAPTER 31. 


THE MARINE CORPS. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 37.) 

Sections 4. —Transfers and Desertions. 

3551. (3) The transfer of marines from a ship to a hospital, and 
their discharge therefrom, shall be governed by the same rules as 
are provided in article R. 3582 for enlisted men of the Navy, substi¬ 
tuting, where necessary, “ Commandant of the Marine Corps ” for 
“ Bureau of Navigation,” and “ marine barracks ” for “ receiving 
ship.” 

Section 6.—Service at Navy Yards and Barracks. 

3578. At least once in each week the commanding officer of Weekly sani- 
marines shall in person inspect the men’s quarters, arms, and ac- tary inspection, 
couterments, and the guardroom, cells, prison, and grounds. He 
shall make a thorough examination and assure himself that all 
military, police, and sanitary regulations in force are properly 
observed and that all prisoners, including those in confinement 
under sentence of court-martial, are properly cared for. 

Section 8.—Service Afloat Aboard Ships of War. 

3641. (1) Noncommissioned officers shall not be detailed as Assignment of 
messmen. (Art. R. 4442 (10) (11).) “ ien to other du- 

(2) Marines shall not be assigned to duty as master at arms, s * 
yeoman, or chief pharmacist’s mate except in case of emergency, 
which shall be determined by the commanding officer of the ship. 

When necessary to make such assignment it shall continue only 
until a suitable person can be selected for the required duty. 

Section 9.—Examinations of Officers of the Marine Corps for 

Promotion. 

3662. The following extracts from the law govern the examina- Laws, 
tion of officers of the Marine Corps for promotion: 


96220-17- 


-17 




242 




Appoln t m e u t 
of members. 

Duties of 
members. 


Medical ofll* 
cers. 


(1) Extract from “An act to provide for the examination of 
certain officers of the Marine Corps and to regulate promotion 
therein,” approved July 28, 1892: 

“ * * * Hereafter promotions to every grade of commissioned 

officers in the Marine Corps below the grade of commandant shall 
be made in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
now are or may hereafter be prescribed in pursuance of law for 
commissioned officers of the Army: 

“ Provided, That examining boards which may be organized 
under the provisions of this act to determine the fitness of officers 
of the Marine Corps for promotion shall in all cases consist of not 
less than five officers, three of whom shall, if practicable, be offi¬ 
cers of the Marine Corps, senior to the officer to be examined, and 
two of whom shall be medical officers of the Navy: 

“ Provided further, That when not practicable to detail officers 
of the Marine Corps as members of such examining boards, officers 
of the line in the Navy shall be so detailed.” 

(2) Extract from “An act to reorganize and increase the effi¬ 
ciency of the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps of the 
United States,” approved March 3, 1899, amended by act of 
May 13, 1908. 

“ Sec. 20. * * * Officers of the Marine Corps above the grade 

of captain, except major general, shall before being promoted be 
subject to such physical, mental, and moral examination as is 
now or may hereafter be prescribed by law for other officers of 
the Marine Corps.” 

(3) Extract from “An act to provide for the examination of 
certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein,” 
approved October 1, 1890: 

“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Conyress assembled: 

“ Sec. 3. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to 
prescribe a system of examination of all officers of the Army be¬ 
low the rank of major to determine their fitness for promotion, 
such an examination to be conducted at such times anterior to 
the accruing of the right to promotion as may be best for the 
interests of the service: * * * Provided, That if any officer 

fails to pass a satisfactory examination and is reported unfit for 
promotion, the officer next below him in rank having passed said 
examination shall receive the promotion: And provided, That 
should the officer fail in his physical examination and be found 
incapacitated for service by reason of physical disability con¬ 
tracted in line of duty, he shall be retired with the rank to which 
his seniority entitled him to be promoted; but if he should fail for 
any other reason he shall be suspended from promotion for one 
year, when he shall be reexamined, and in case of failure on such 
reexamination he shall be honorably discharged, with one year’s 
pay, from the Army * * *.” 

3663. The members of boards for examining marine officers pre¬ 
liminary to promotion will be appointed by the Navy Department. 

3664. Before entering on the discharge of their duties, members 
of examining boards shall acquaint themselves with the provi¬ 
sions of the chapter on “ Boards,” Navy Regulations, and the 
chapter on “ Marine examining boards,” in the authorized “ Forms 
of Procedure.” 

3065. The medical officers shall take part only in the mental 
and physical examination of the candidate for promotion. 


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3606. The recorder shall take no part in examining the candi- Recorder, 
date, but, under the direction of the board, shall record its pro¬ 
ceedings and prepare the record. 

3667. All proceedings of the board, except its findings, recoin- Proceedings, 
mendations, deliberations thereon, and its deliberations on inter¬ 
locutory questions shall be in the presence of the candidate for 
promotion and his counsel, if he has counsel present. 

3668. The findings and recommendations of the board shall be Findings con- 

regarded by the members and recorder as confidential. fidentlal. 

3669. When the candidate holds the rank of captain or below, Order of ex- 
the board shall examine and report upon his (1) mental and aminiitl011 * 
physical, (2) moral, and (3) professional fitness for promotion 

to the next higher grade; when he holds the rank of major, lieu¬ 
tenant colonel, or colonel, the board shall examine and report upon 
his (1) mental and physical and (2) moral fitness for promotion. 

The record of the final opinion of the board as to the fitness or 
unfitness of an officer for promotion shall show under which of 
these heads the candidate’s qualifications are considered satisfac¬ 
tory, and under which, if any, they are unsatisfactory. 

3670. (1) The medical members, upon reassembling, shall re- Medical re¬ 
port in writing to the full board their opinions as to the candi- i )ort * 

date’s mental and physical fitness for promotion; and in case they 
find him unfit, they shall state the particular causes therefore and 
whether or not, in their opinion, the disability was contracted in 
line of duty. The report shall be signed by the medical members 
and appended to the record. 

(2) The mental fitness shall be assumed unless a doubt thereof 
shall be raised in the mind of any member of the board. 

(3) The mental and physical fitness of the candidate and all 
questions which arise in connection therewith shall be voted upon 
by each member of the entire board and the votes of a majority 
shall decide. 

3671. When the board finds the candidate mentally and physi- Candidate 
cally qualified for promotion, the medical officers shall be excused p h e “ si J al y ly jjy. 
from further attendance with the board, and the remaining parts med. 

of the examination shall be conducted by the other members of the 

board. 


CHAPTER 34. 


HOSPITAL SHIPS. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 27.) 

4001. The officers and crew of hospital ships shall be arranged Messes, 
in messes in such manner as the commanding officer may direct, 

in accordance with the customs of the service and of the provi¬ 
sions of the Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions. 

4002. A sufficient number of men of the naval personnel on Boat instrue- 
board shall be directed to report to the master for assignment to tlon * 

and instruction in the lowering and handling of such boats as the 
latter may consider necessary. 

4003. Hospital ships shall use the International Code in mak- Signals, 
ing flag signals. The use of night and day wigwag and sema¬ 
phore signals and of the electric night signals is authorized, and 

such members of the complement as are assigned for this duty 
shall be encouraged to become proficient therein. 




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Accounts. 


Sul>si s t e n c c , 

eiC. 


Accounts. 


Shi m c n t s , 
appoi ntmcnts, 
discharges, etc. 


Hospital - ship 
regulations to be 
obeyed by civil¬ 
ian crew. 

Obedience to 
authority. 


Deportment. 

Uniform. 


Conduct. 


Smoking, etc. 

Duty in port. 

Harbor regu¬ 
lations, etc. 


Ship’s log. 


Duties of the 
master. 


4004. The accounts of officers and enlisted men of the Navy 
servings on board hospital ships, or on hoard them as patients, 
shall be carried by the supply officer of such cruising or other 
vessel, or by such other officer as the department (Bureau of 
Navigation) may from time to time direct. 

4005. Hospital ships, so far as subsisting enlisted men of the 
Navy carried on board, the payment for the same, and issue of 
clothing, etc., shall be maintained under the provisions of Arts. I. 
4549 (1) and I. 4951, subject to such special instructions as the 
department may issue from time to time. 

4000. When the officer carrying the accounts trusts the master 
of a hospital ship, he being a bonded officer, with sufficient funds 
to meet the ordinary disbursements thereof, within limits con¬ 
sidered safe under such bond, such master shall adjust his 
accounts periodically in the same manner as would an officer of 
the Pay Corps making the disbursements as deputy for another 
such officer having the accounts. 

4007. In all matters relating to uniforms, appointments, and 
shipments, discharges and desertions, and punishments, the pro¬ 
visions of the Regulations of the Naval Auxiliary Service, so 
far as they apply, shall be followed, and the master shall at all 
times confer with the commanding officer concerning all matters 
upon which the latter should be informed. 

4008. All members of the civilian crew shall make themselves 
familiar with the rules.and regulations of the hospital ship and 
shall observe them strictly. For this purpose copies of these rules 
shall he supplied to the master for the use of his subordinates. 

4009. Every person exercising authority of any kind is required 
to exact from all under him prompt and implicit obedience to 
and cheerful compliance with his orders, and it is required of all 
that they shall observe a respectful demeanor in word and act 
whenever they address or are addressed by a superior. 

4010. A civil and decorous deportment shall be observed by all 
on board. 

4011. The prescribed uniform shall be habitually worn on 
board ship and at all other times and places, except when on 
leave of absence. The crew shall at all times present a neat, 
clean, and orderly appearance. 

4012. Improper, profane, or boisterous language or conduct is 
strictly forbidden. 

4018. While on duty no one shall smoke or engage in any con¬ 
versation or occupation not directly connected with his duty. 

4014. In port an officer and a quartermaster shall always be 
oil duty. 

4015. When in port care shall be taken that the harbor and 
dock regulations are not violated by the throwing overboard of 
refuse or otherwise. 

4010. The ship’s log shall be a careful, detailed, and accurate 
record of current events. No erasures shall be made in the log, 
nor shall any leaves be removed or closed up. Any errors in the 
log shall be corrected by ruling lines through them with red ink 
and attaching thereto the initials of the officer making such 
alteration. 

4017. (1) The master at all times shall give special attention 
to the condition and efficiency of the hull, boats, davits, rigging of 
all kinds, steering gear, pumps, fire apparatus, lights and signals, 
air and side ports, ventilators, gangways, companion ladders, etc. 


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(2) He shall give close attention to the compasses and chro¬ 
nometers, and shall see that no opportunity is neglected for 
ascertaining their errors. 

(8) He shall keep himself acquainted with the navigation laws 
and rules and the customs and quarantine laws and regulation's 
of the United States, and shall conform to them in all respects. 

(4) He shall be in daily attendance on board, and shall not 
absent himself without the knowledge and authority of the com¬ 
manding officer. 

(5) Before leaving the ship the master shall notify the first 
officer of his intention and shall give him instructions as to the 
care of the ship during such absence. 

(6) The master shall have the ship ready to sail at precisely 
the time appointed. 

(7) He shall take care that cleanliness, dryness, and proper 
ventilation are at all times observed, and shall bring to the 
attention of the commanding officer any neglect or inattention he 
may observe on the part of any member of the naval crew in 
regard to cleanliness or any other matter affecting the discipline 
of the ship. 

4018. (1) The first officer shall prepare and keep corrected to 
date complete watch and station bills, which shall be posted in 
some conspicuous place where they can he seen by the whole 
ship’s company, the members of which shall be required to perfect 
themselves in the duties of their respective stations. No altera¬ 
tions or corrections shall be made in these bills without the knowl¬ 
edge and approval of the master. 

(2) He shall make no alteration in the ship or rigging without 
consulting the master, and shall cause every part of the ship to 
be frequently inspected by the proper officers. He shall see that 
she is kept clean and in proper condition, and shall make reports 
thereon to the master. 

(3) When at sea the first officer shall keep the boats best 
adapted as lifeboats, one on each side, always ready for lowering. 
He shall see that in these boats are always kept life preservers, 
water, bread, a compass, and a lantern, with a reserve supply of 
oil and means of ignition; that the detaching apparatus is in order 
and ready for use, the steering oar shipped, and such other dispo¬ 
sitions made as will render these boats most effective and safe in 
a sea way and as lifeboats. In port one or both lifeboats shall be 
kept ready for immediate use from Sunset until colors in the 
morning. A moderate supply of provisions and water shall be 
kept accessible for all boats in case it should become necessary to 
abandon ship. 

(4) The first officer shall see that the life buoys are kept in 
order and constantly in readiness; that they are frequently tested 
by dropping, and that when at sea an efficient person is stationed 
at them. 

(5) When the night watch is set the first officer shall have the 
hose coupled, buckets in place, and the ship ready for any emer¬ 
gency, and shall report these preparations to the master. 

(G) The first officer shall not permit anyone on board without 
authority, nor shall he alloAV any friends of the crew or others to 
. be on board without permission from the commanding officer. 

4019. The duties of the deck officers shall be performed in 
accordance with the provisions of the Navy Regulations, chapter 
13, section 1, as far as they are applicable. The deck officers shall 
be responsible to and communicate direct with the master. 


Compasses 
and chronome¬ 
ters. 

Navigation 
laws, etc. 


Attendance on 
hoard, etc. 


Leaving ship. 


Readiness t o 
sail. 

Clean 1 i n e s s , 
etc., of ship. 


Duties of first 
officer. 


Alterations in 
ship or rigging. 


Lifeboats. 


Life buoys. 


Preparations 
for emergencies 
at night. 

Visitors. 


Duties of deck 
officers. 


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Duties of chief 
engineer. 


Engine -room 
log. 


Stopping the 
engines. 


Working the 
engines. 


Responsihil i t y 
in port. 


4020. (1) The chief engineer shall keep copies of the watch, 
fire, and boat station bills in prominent and accessible places for 
the observation of the members of the crew assigned to the en¬ 
gineer department, and shall see that such men are familiar with 
their stations. 

(2) He shall keep the engine-room log according to the form 
prescribed, being careful in making all entries and in recording 
the times when the various orders to the engines are received. 

(3) When underway, if from any cause the chief engineer shall 
find it necessary to stop the engines, he shall at once acquaint the 
master and officer of the deck with the cause and probable dura¬ 
tion of the stoppage. If practicable, he shall consult with the 
master in regard to the matter before stopping the engines. 

(4) He shall see that the engines are worked accurately to 
signals from the bridge or deck, and shall also keep accurate 
memoranda in regard to the matter for entry in the engineer’s 
log. Before making official entry of any memorandum of this 
kind he shall confer with the deck officers as to the same occur¬ 
rence or transaction. 

(5) The chief engineer is relieved of no part of his responsi¬ 
bility for the care and safety of the ship in port, and shall at all 
times keep a sufficient number of men on board to operate neces¬ 
sary machinery according to the direction' of the officer of the 


Repair list. 


Duties in port. 


Overhauling 

machinery. 


Watch duty in 
port. 


Economy and 
efficiency. 


Engineering 

instructions, 

etc. 


deck. 

(6) Before arrival in port the chief engineer shall prepare a 
careful list of all repairs, alterations, or changes that he may 
deem necessary in his department. 

(7) Upon arrival in port after he has received notice that the 
main engines are no longer needed, the chief engineer shall see 
that everything in the engine and fire rooms is secure and safely 
disposed and that his department is cleaned up generally. 

(8) The chief engineer shall be present during the overhauling 
of engines and boilers, and shall exercise supervision over all 
repairs and alterations made in his department. 

(9) He shall see that the ship is at no time left without an 
engineer officer on board. The duty of keeping watch at night in 
port, in regular service, or when undergoing repairs shall be 
divided among the assistant engineers, according to the judgment 
of the chief engineer, provided always that the men left in charge 
are sufficiently well acquainted with all pipes and pumping facili¬ 
ties to work them promptly in case of emergency. 

(10) He shall at all times keep in view economy and high effi¬ 
ciency in his department, and shall never fail to impress upon his 
subordinates the importance of those considerations. 

(11) He shall comply with the provisions of the chapters of 
the Navy Regulations and Naval Instructions relative to engineer 
officers and engineering instructions as far as they may be 
applicable. 


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CHAPTER 36. 


TRANSPORTATION; NAVAL AUXILIARY SERVICE. 

Section 2.—The Naval Auxiliary Service. 

4230. (1) A naval officer assigned to command a vessel of the 
Naval Auxiliary Service is the representative of the Navy Depart¬ 
ment and is the senior authority on board. All official communi¬ 
cations must be sent through him. lie should, in forwarding com¬ 
munications, make such recommendations and comments that in 
his judgment are pertinent, together with his approval or dis¬ 
approval. He is empowered to investigate anything connected 
with the safety, efficiency, condition, or sanitation of the vessel, 
and the health, comfort, and efficiency of the crew; report of such 
investigation to be made to the Supervisor, Naval Auxiliaries. 

(2) He is charged with the external relation of the ship, such 
as official calls, communications with officials, either foreign or 
American. 

(3) All orders in regard to the movements of the ship must be 
given by him to the master, who is responsible for the execution 
of such orders. 

4231. (1) The master is responsible for the navigation and safe 
conduct of the vessel, for the discipline of the officers and crew, 
and for the organization, cleanliness, and efficiency of the ship 
and crew. 

4232. (1) The naval officer in command being the senior au¬ 
thority on board may, if in his judgment the vessel is being 
endangered or lives and property are being jeopardized, relieve 
the master of his duty, but this must be done in writing, stating 
fully the necessity for such action. Should the naval officer in 
command so relieve the master of any part of his duties, the naval 
officer in command becomes responsible to the Navy Department 
for any grounding of the vessel, collision, or other casualty that 
may occur. 


CHAPTER 37. 


REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO SHIPS. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

Section 1.—Definitions. 

4301. (1) The following definitions are employed throughout 
the Navy Regulations and Instructions and shall be employed 
throughout the naval service, so far as applies to ships: 

(a) The word “repairs” shall be construed to mean such work Repairs, 
as may be necessary to restore the ship or article under considera¬ 
tion to serviceable condition, without any alteration in design, 
without the addition of any articles or parts, and without the 
removal of any articles or parts that are not to be replaced. Re¬ 
pairs are (further) subdivided into the following classes: 

(1) Urgent repairs, which shall include all immediate repairs Urgent repairs, 
necessary for cruising or military efficiency, for the prevention of 
deterioration, or for sanitary reasons. 





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Desirable re¬ 
pairs. 


Alterations. 


Death of offi¬ 
cer in charge of 
supplies. 


In cmergen> 
cies. 


lard craft. 

C. N. I. 7. 


(2) Desirable repairs, which shall include all repairs which it 
is desirable to have made when the services of the ship can be 
spared for a length of time sufficient to accomplish the work. 

(b) The word “alterations” shall be construed to mean all 
work not included in the above definition of the word “ repairs,” 
including all changes in design that may be deemed advisable in 
making repairs; it shall also include all additions of any articles 
or parts and the removal of any articles or parts that are not 
replaced by similar ones. It shall include all changes in the char¬ 
acter of the material of which any article or part is made. No 
alteration shall be made in any vessel, either by ship or navy- 
yard force, until specifically authorized by the bureau concerned. 


CHAPTER 38. 


STORES AFLOAT. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

Section 1.—Custody, Care, and Expenditure. 

4421. (4) In the event of the death of an officer in charge of 
supplies or equipage, or of his detachment under such circum¬ 
stances as to preclude the execution of the proper papers of trans¬ 
fer to his successor, the commanding officer shall immediately ap¬ 
point a board of officers who shall survey the stores in question 
and shall report the quantities found to be on hand, noting de¬ 
ficiencies, if any, and the circumstances thereof, so that the officer 
succeeding to the charge of the stores in the department may be¬ 
come responsible only for those he shall receive. 

4472. (6) In emergencies, of which the commandant shall be 
the judge, articles required for immediate use may be issued from 
store or purchased by the supply officer of the ship in advance of 
bureau approval, the original and three memorandum copies being 
forwarded immediately by the commandant of the bureau con¬ 
cerned for its approval and reference of the original and two 
memorandum copies to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts for 
its action. Services required in like emergency, or in cases of 
little importance as to cost, may be procured upon the order of 
the commanding officer. 

(7) At navy yards all equipage and supplies for floating prop¬ 
erty not carried on the Navy List shall be procured on stub requi¬ 
sitions signed by the officer in charge and charged at industrial 
yards to Titles E and G, respectively; at nonindustrial yards to 
Titles R and S, respectively (see art. I. 4851 (2)). All equipage 
and supplies for yard craft carried on the Navy List will be 
requisitioned by the commanding officer or officer in charge and 
issued by the supply officer on invoice to Titles B or C, as the case 
may be (see art. I. 4851 (1)). Equipage and consumable supplies, 
including band outfits, commandants’ barges, and mess outfits, 
for the permanent organization of a receiving ship and for articles 
operated in connection therewith, shall be requisitioned by the 
officer in charge and invoiced to him under Titles B and C, respec¬ 
tively (see art. I. 4851 (1)). The only charges to plant titles for 
receiving ship offices and activities ashore will be for building 
repairs and miscellaneous yard labor. 




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(8) Every emergency contract for services or material shall 
fix a maximum amount beyond which contractual liability will not 
be incurred. 

4475. Requisitions for medical supplies from ships in commis¬ 
sion at navy yards shall be made upon the Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery, except as provided in the Manual for the Medical 
Department. 

4480. Medical supplies, surgical instruments, and “ instruments 
of precision ” shall be selected by officers representing the depart¬ 
ments requiring them. 

4482. (1) Articles purchased shall be delivered subject to in¬ 
spection and approval as to quantity and quality by the head of 
department requiring them; in the case of fresh provisions the 
officer of the deck shall inspect as to quantity and a medical officer 
as to quality. (Arts. I. 2618 (2), I. 2113, and I. 4674.) 

(2) All inspections of supplies shall be made by the officers of 
the ship to which they are delivered. 

(3) Should the decision of an inspecting officer be questioned, 
the commanding officer shall order a board of at least three com¬ 
petent officers to inspect the supplies. The report of this board, 
if unanimous, shall determine the acceptance or rejection of the 
supplies; if not, the final decision shall rest with the commanding 
officer. 

(4) Each delivery of stores shall be accompanied by a list of 
the articles. 

4483. (1) Public bills for supplies shall be accompanied by two 
memorandum copies. The public bill shall bear a certificate by 
the head of department for which the supplies w r ere purchased 
that the articles were inspected as to quality and quantity and 
received into his custody. 

(2) No public bill shall represent purchases for more than one 
ship. 

(3) In the preparation of public bills and memorandum copies, 
the latest classified schedule shall be adhered to in the arrange¬ 
ment of items. Each public bill shall embrace supplies under but 
one bureau and one appropriation and shall show the number of 
the requisition and date of approval. The trade name of coal pur¬ 
chased shall be mentioned. 

(4) The date of each purchase, and the name, number, or quan¬ 
tity, price of each article, and amount in the currency of the 
country, with its equivalent amount in United States money at 
the legal or authorized rate, shall be distinctly specified. All re¬ 
ceipts for payments in currency shall express the amount paid in 
worqS legibly written at full length. When payment is made by 
check or bill of exchange, no receipt shall be taken, but instead 
there shall be noted on the public bill the date, number, and 
the amount of the check, and the depositary on whom drawn, or, 
in the case of a bill of exchange, its number and amount, and 
whether drawn on the fiscal agents or the Secretary of the Navy. 

(5) When purchases have been made by the fleet, squadron, or 
division paymaster, the dealers’ bills, after certification by the 
fleet, squadron, or division paymaster as to their correctness, shall 
be forwarded to the vessel concerned for preparation of the public 
bills by the pay officer thereof. When the public bills have been 
properly certified as to receipt and inspection, they shall be for¬ 
warded to the flagship for payment. Such bills shall not be 
approved by the commanding officer of the vessel concerned. 

4484. (1) The public bill shall have attached to it the original 
requisition and the merchant’s bill, expressed in the currency of 


Emergency 

contracts. 


Medical s u p - 
plies. 


Inst r u m e n t s 
and medical sup¬ 
plies to Pe se¬ 
lected. 

Reception and 
inspection of 
supplies. 


Approval of 
bills. 


Touchers, how 
prepared.' 


Final disposi¬ 
tion of bills and 
requisitions. 


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the country or in the same currency in which the transaction is 
entered in the merchant’s books and accounts and be forwarded 
to the Auditor for the Navy Department with the quarterly ac¬ 
counts of the pay officer. Should there be a difference between 
the public bill and the merchant’s bill, such difference shall be 
explained on the latter, but in no case shall the items, quantities, 
prices, extensions, or footings in the merchant’s bill be altered in 
any respect. 

Section 5.-—Rations. 

Subsistence of 4549. (1) The crews of torpedo boats and vessels not carrying 
boats °ctc.° rped0 supply officers shall be subsisted under the direction of the com¬ 
manding officers, who shall procure the provisions necessary for 
the purpose from supply officers ashore and alloat, and from deal¬ 
ers, keep a record thereof, and notify the officer having the ac¬ 
counts on the prescribed form in accordance with the instructions 
contained thereon. 

4552. The supply officer shall be promptly notified when men 
are sent to a hospital for treatment or when absent from their 
ship or station with or without leave. In all cases the issue of 
rations or commutation therefor shall cease during such absence. 


CHAPTER 39. 


STORES ON SHORE. 


(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

Section 2.—Shipments. 

Naval supply 4624. (1) When a supply steamer of the Navy is detailed to 
earners. carry freight in quantity, the public freight of the ship shall be 

supplied through the supply officer of the yard where the ship 
is being loaded. Stores that are to go by a supply steamer, and 
which are not prepared and invoiced by the supply officer, shall 
be delivered to him with the proper invoices by the shippers. 
Stores belonging to the medical department and to the Marine 
Corps shall be delivered in care of the supply officer and the in¬ 
voices therefor transmitted through him. 

Section 3.—Requisition for Equipage, Supplies, or Services 

Afloat. 


General In¬ 
structions as to 
open- purchase 
requisitions. 


Medical s u p - 
plies. 


4654. (1) For all supplies needed that are not obtainable under 
existing contracts, with the exception of those pertaining to the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and to the Marine Corps, and of 
those which may be purchased upon the requisition of a chief of 
bureau approved by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, requisi¬ 
tions shall be prepared by the technical officer concerned, and sub¬ 
mitted by a general storekeeper, with four memorandum copies, 
numbered in separate series for each bureau and beginning a new 
series for each fiscal year. 

4657. For supplies pertaining to the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery, requisitions shall be made by medical officers and sent 
to that bureau. If approved for purchase the requisition shall be 
transmitted to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts for fulfillment. 




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Section 4.—Inspection. 

j.J *) jl.ril 17^.0 ' u * N '.'lit 'Ji i’f xO * HI ' > 1? f*.. ff i ‘>1 , t*)< *4*i 

4678. The inspection of medicines and other supplies pertaining inspection of 
to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall be made by the n j. cdical 8 U p* 
medical officer in charge, or by a junior medical officer under his p es ’ 
direction. 

Section 6.—Public Bills. 

4601. Public bills for deliveries accepted shall be prepared and Po *> 1Ic ,J his to 
forwarded without delay by the general storekeeper of the yard Without^efayf d 
concerned in order that dealers may have no occasion to address 
letters of inquiry or complaint to the department. 

4735. (1) When articles on board ship are found to be totally Unserviceable 
unserviceable and require, by reason of their insanitary condition, and insanitary 
immediate disposition by being thrown overboard, burned, or ar c es * 
buried, the officer having custody of such articles shall request a 
survey on them and the commanding officer shall designate for this 
purpose a commissioned officer of a department of the ship other 
than that to which the articles to be surveyed pertain. In the 
case of small vessels whose complement does not permit of this 
action, the request for survey shall be made to the division or 
group commander or senior officer present, who shall appoint the 
surveying officer. The surveying officer shall render a report in 
triplicate covering each item, with a statement as to where and 
when received, invoice price, present condition and appraised 
value, the reason for its present condition, and whether or not any 
responsibility should be charged against anyone for such condition. 

He shall further recommend the disposition to be made, as “ over¬ 
board,” “ burn,” or “ bury.” 

4749. (1) Surveys on medical stores shall be ordered by the Medical stores, 
commander in chief, squadron or division commander, or by the 

senior officer present. 

(2) Surgical instruments and appliances that have become unfit 
for further use shall be surveyed and condemned before the issue 
of others to replace them. Articles classed under dispensary furni¬ 
ture and supplied in quantities for expenditure may be expended 
without survey. 

(3) A survey shall be held at the Naval Medical Supply Depot 
on all medical supplies turned in from cruising ships placed out 
of commission on the Atlantic coast, and at the navy yard, Mare 
Island, on those from ships on the Pacific coast. Such articles as 
are found fit for use shall be turned in for issue. 

(4) Reports of surveys on property under cognizance of the 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall be forwarded thereto in 
duplicate. 

(5) Whenever any property is surveyed and recommended to be 
sold the articles shall in all cases be appraised. The medical 
officer in charge shall make an inventory of the same and shall 
carefully preserve the property until directed to deliver it for 
sale. A copy of this inventory shall be forwarded to the Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery as soon as the survey is approved. 

(6) Articles of the medical department delivered to a general 
storekeeper for sale shall be accompanied by an invoice stating 
both the original and appraised values of the articles. 

4750. (1) Should it become necessary to destroy clothing or Clothing and 
other personal effects of officers or men to prevent the spread of Phonal effects 
disease, the commandant of the station or commanding officer of JJ[ en> 0 ccrs antI 


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Certificate of 
admission to or 
discharge from 
hospital. 


Purchases for 
torpedo and 
other vessels. 


the ship shall direct a survey to be held on the articles, and the 
report, containing a list of the articles, with an estimate of their 
value, approved by him, shall be transmitted to the Navy Depart¬ 
ment. The surveying officer shall base his estimate on the actual 
value of the articles destroyed and not on the original cost of the 
articles. 

(2) No issue shall be made to persons in lieu of their effects so 
destroyed. They can only be reimbursed for such loss by certifi¬ 
cate from the Treasury Department after the approval of the 
report of survey by the Secretary of the Navy. 


CHAPTER 41. 


ACCOUNTS AND RETURNS. 

(Navy Regulations, chap. 40.) 

Section 7.—Pay Accounts. 

4S00. (6) 'Whenever the accounts of an enlisted person who had 
been sent from a cruising ship to a foreign hospital or private 
institution in the United States are transferred to a receiving 
ship, they shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the 
medical officer of the ship, giving the date of admission to the 
hospital or institution and the date of discharge, if known. 

Section 10.—Miscellaneous. 

4051. (1) Purchases for or issues of clothing or money to tor¬ 
pedo vessels and vessels not having a supply officer on board, 
when such vessels are not at the station to which the supply 
officer having their accounts is assigned, shall be made on order 
of the senior officer present by any officer of the Pay Corps. Pub¬ 
lic bills shall be paid as prescribed in Art. I. 4485. Issues of 
clothing shall be accounted for as prescribed in Art. I. 4529. Any 
transfer of funds between officers necessarily involved in making 
payments to officers and men of vessels herein specified is 
authorized. 

(2) The commanding officers of such vessels shall be furnished 
with a memorandum record of the accounts of the crew for pres¬ 
entation to any officer designated, on which issues of money or 
clothing may be based. All entries shall be made by officers of 
the Pay Corps, except that the commanding officer shall be re¬ 
sponsible for the entry of data affecting the accounts (changes in 
rating, absences, miscellaneous checkages. etc.) resulting from his 
orders or from transfers to the ship during the quarter which 
can not be entered at the time of occurrence by the proper officer 
of the Pay Corps. 





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CHAPTER 43. 

— 

REPORTS AND RETURNS. 

Section 1.—General Instructions. 

5201. (1) All periodical reports and returns required by the de¬ 
partment or any of its bureaus or offices shall be listed in the 
Naval Instructions. 

(2) No periodical report or return not specifically required or 
authorized by the Navy Regulations or Naval Instructions shall 
be required by a bureau or office without the authority of the 
department in each case, and when so authorized it shall be 
incorporated in these instructions. 

(3) Periodical reports and returns shall be reduced in number 
and scope to the actual requirements of the service. As rapidly as 
conditions permit, reports will be consolidated or simplified as far 
as it may be practicable to do so without loss of administrative 
efficiency, and suggestions and recommendations to this end are 
requested. 

5202. (1) In general, recommendations and suggestions on 
various subjects shall not be deferred and incorporated in an 
annual or other periodical report, but shall be made from time to 
time as the subjects present themselves. Similarly, a report of 
any service or incident worthy of record or of value or interest 
to the department or any of its offices shall be made without 
delay. 

(2) Annual reports shall, in general, be restricted to statistics 
and general statements of important work or service, with con¬ 
clusions drawn therefrom. 

5203. The reports and returns enumerated in this chapter shall 
be made in the manner indicated, but nothing herein shall be 
construed as warranting the omission of any other report or re¬ 
turn required by the Navy Regulations or elsewhere in the Naval 
Instructions or by order from competent authority. 

5204. When two or more copies of the same report are for¬ 
warded separately to different offices or officers, a notation shall be 
made on each copy that it is a copy and of the disposition of the 
others for the information and guidance of such office or officer. 

5205. Officers required to make periodical returns and reports 
must keep themselves supplied with the necessary blanks by appli¬ 
cation to the proper bureau or office. In the absence of printed 
forms they shall prepare the required returns in typewriting or in 
script. 

(2) Officers when serving abroad shall not send returns or other 
small official packages by express unless absolutely necesary; but 
when so sent, all parties concerned shall be advised. Such express 
packages intended for the department or any official thereof on or 
near the east coast of the United States shall be sent care of the 
United States Dispatch Agent, New York. 

Section 2.'—Reports from Flag Officers Afloat. 

5212. The commander in chief of a fleet or squadron shall 
cause the following reports to be submitted to him, and approve 
and forward or otherwise act on them as indicated: 

(2) By fleet surgeon: 

(u) When occurring, transfer of patients to and from civil hos¬ 
pitals; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; letter form. 


Reports and 
returns to be 
listed. 

Authorization 
of periodical re¬ 
ports. 


Reports on 
special subjects. 


Annual re¬ 
ports. 


Duplicates of 
reports. 


Blank forms. 


Fleet engineer. 


Fleet surgeon. 



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Division 

geou. 


Medical 


(b) When directed, sanitary inspection of ships; letter form. 

(c) When directed, sanitary inspection of hospital ships and 
naval hospital; letter form. 

(d) After an engagement, tabulated aggregate of killed and 
wounded; one copy to be forwarded to Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery, and one copy to be retained by commander in chief; 

a Form K 2 .[ . . 

( e) Annually, general sanitary report of station; to be for¬ 
warded to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; letter form. 

5214. The commander of a division shall cause the following 
reports to be submitted to him, and approve and forward or other¬ 
wise act upon them as indicated: 
s u r * (2) By the division surgeon : 

(a) The reports enumerated in article 5212, paragraph 2; to be 
forwarded through the commander in chief. 

Section 3.—Reports from Ships in Commission and in Reserve. 

5221. The commanding officer of a ship shall submit the follow¬ 
ing reports: 

Note,— Only those marked (*) shall be submitted from gun¬ 
boats, fourth-rate vessels, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, 
vessels of auxiliary Navy, and such other vessels indicated as 
belonging to this class for this purpose. 

(18)* When enlistment is made, identification record; to Bu¬ 
reau of Navigation, direct; Form No. 2. 

(20)* When persons are discharged for misconduct or by sen¬ 
tence of court-martial, identification record; to Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation, direct; Form No. 2. 

5222. The commanding officer shall cause the following reports 
to be prepared as indicated, approve and forward them, or other¬ 
wise act on them, as indicated : 

officer. (5) gy the me dical officer: 

(a) Annually; July 1; inventory of property; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; one copy ; through commanding officer and 
fleet surgeon in squadron; Forms D and Da. 

(b) Annually; January 1; medical history (officers) ; to Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery; all loose sheets containing medical his¬ 
tory ; through commanding officer; from Form H—green. 

(c) Annually; January 1; and when out of commission; report 
of operations; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; 
through commanding officer; Form P. 

(<Z) Annually; January 1, and when out of commission; sani¬ 
tary report; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; 
through commanding officer and fleet surgeon and commander in 
chief in squadron; letter form. 

(e) Semiannually; ships in reserve and receiving ships May 1 
and November 1; requisition and priced invoice for stores listed 
on supply Table; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; four copies; 
through commanding officer; Form B. 

(/) Quarterly; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31, and when out of commission; abstract of 
patients; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; through 
commanding officer; Form F. * 

(g) Quarterly ; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31, and when out of commission; statistical re¬ 
port; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and fleet surgeon in 
squadron; one copy each; through commanding officer; Form K. 


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( i ) Weekly; week ending Saturday; personal memorandum 
/or the Surgeon General; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; 
one copy ; direct; special form (receiving ships only). 

(j) Daily; each morning; morning report of sick; to command¬ 
ing officer; one copy; direct; special form. 

(k) Daily; each morning; binnacle list; to commanding officer; 
one copy ; direct; special form. 

(l) When necessary; survey on medical property; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; two copies; through commanding officer 
and fleet surgeon in squadron; Form Ca. 

(m) When necessary; upon transfer of medical stores; to 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, receiving officer, and transfer¬ 
ring officer; one copy each; through commanding officer; Forms 
D and Da. 

(ti) When necessary; abstract of patients (rough form); re¬ 
tained for ship files; one for each case; rough Form F. 

(o) When necessary; hospital ticket; to medical officer naval 
hospital; one copy; through commanding officer; Form G. 

(p) When necessary; upon termination of enlistment and when 
promoted to warrant officer or pay clerk; health record; to 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; through commanding 
officer ; Form H—gray. 

(q) When necessary ; upon termination of active service; health 
record; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; through 
commanding officer ; Form H—green. 

(r) When necessary; after an engagement; report of casual¬ 
ties ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and fleet surgeon; one 
copy each; through commanding officer and commander in chief; 
Form Iv 2 . 

(#) When necessary; request for medical survey; to senior 
officer present; one copy ; through commanding officer ; Form L. 

(t) When necessary; by board of medical officers; report of 
medical survey; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; three copies, 
and fleet surgeon; one additional copy; through commanding offi¬ 
cer and senior officer present; Form M. 

(it) When necessary; report of death; to Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery; two copies, and in the case of an officer one addi¬ 
tional copy to the Bureau of Navigation ; through commanding 
officer; Form N. 

(v) When necessary; request for blank forms; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; one copy; direct; Form O. 

(w) When necessary; clinical chart; retained for files; copies 
as required; Form Q. 

( x ) When necessary; recruiting statistics; to Bureau of Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery; one copy; cruising ships annually, January 1, re¬ 
ceiving ships for the quarters ending March 31, June 30, Septem¬ 
ber 30, and December 31 ; through commanding officer; Form X. 

( y ) When necessary; efficiency report, United States Naval 
Hospital Corps; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; 
through commanding officer; navigation Form No. 238. 

(s) When necessary ; examination report, Hospital Corps, United 
States Navy; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and commanding 
officer; one copy each, through commanding officer; special form. 

( aa ) When necessary; special requisition for supplies; to Bu¬ 
reau of Medicine and Surgery; four copies; through commanding 
officer; Forms 4 and 4a. Explanatory letter must accompany 
when articles required are not listed on Supply Table. 

(bb) When necessary; transfer of patients to and from other 
than naval hospitals; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and fleet 


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Commandant. 


Medical officer 
in command. 


surgeon; one copy each; through commanding officer and com¬ 
mander in chief; letter form. 

(cc) When necessary; report of epidemics; to Bureau of Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery and fleet surgeon; one copy each; through com¬ 
manding officer and commander in chief; letter form. 

(dd) When necessary; upon ship being placed out of commis¬ 
sion ; journal of the medical department; to Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery; all filled or partially filled books; direct; special 
book. 

(ee) When necessary; cruising ships; requisition and priced 
invoice for stores listed on Supply Table; to Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery; four copies; through commanding officer; Form B. 

Section 4.—Reports from Naval Auxiliaries. 

5231. The medical officer in command of a hospital ship shall 
make the reports required of a medical officer in command of a 
hospital on shore. 

Section 5.— Reports from Shore Stations. 

5241. The commandant of a shore station shall submit the fol¬ 
lowing reports: 

(8) Semiannually and when officers are detached, reports of 
fitness; to Bureau of Navigation, direct; prescribed form. (Art. 
I. 707.) 

5247. The medical officer in command of a hospital or a hos¬ 
pital ship and the medical officer of a station or navy yard shall 
submit the following reports (except as noted) : 

(1) Annually; July 1; inventory of property; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; one copy; direct; Forms D and Da. 

(2) Annually ; January 1; medical history (officers’) ; to Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery; all loose sheets containing medical his¬ 
tory ; through commandant: from Form H—green. Except in the 
case of midshipmen, when they will be retained until termination 
of service as such. 

(3) Annually ; January 1 and when out of commission ; report of 
operations ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; one copy ; direct; 
Form P. 

(5) Annually ; January 1 and when out of commission; sanitary 
report; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; through 
commandant; letter form. 

(6) Annually ; before January 1; special requisition for sup¬ 
plies ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; four copies; through 
commandant; special form—hospitals only. 

(7) Annually; July 1; statement of cost of maintenance; to 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; two copies; direct; special 
form—hospitals only. 

(8) Annually; July 1; list of headstones for unmarked graves 
in naval cemeteries; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; two 
copies; direct; special form—hospitals only. 

(9) Semiannually; January 1 and July 1; merit roll of candi¬ 
dates for admission or promotion in Medical Corps; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; direct; special form (from examining 
boards, Medical Corps). 

(10) Semianually; hospitals, March 1 and September 1, stations 
and yards, April 1 and October 1; requisition and priced invoice 
for stores listed on Supply Table; to Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery; four copies; through commandant; Form B. 

(11) Quarterly; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31, and when out of commission; abstract of 


patients; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; direct; 
Form F. 

(12) Quarterly; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31, and when out of commission; statistical re¬ 
port ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; direct; Form K. 

(13) Quarterly; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31; Hospital Corps subsistence; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; two copies; direct; Form No. 88051—hos¬ 
pitals only. 

(14) Quarterly; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31; efficiency report (Nurse Corps) ; to Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; direct; special form—hospi¬ 
tals only. 

(15) Quarterly; quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 
30, and December 31; quarterly return of medical stores; to Bu¬ 
reau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; direct; form V—supply 
depots only. 

(17) Monthly; first day of each month; sanitary report; to 
commandant; one copy; direct; letter form—stations and yards 
only. 

(18) Monthly; first day of each month; monthly return of 
nurses (Nurse Corps) ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one 
copy; through commandant; special form—hospitals only. 

(19) Monthly; first day of each month; summary of pay roll; 
to disbursing officer two copies; and Bureau of Medicine and Sur¬ 
gery one copy; through commandant; S. & A. Form No. 184— 
hospitals only. 

(20) Monthly; first day of each month; recapitulation of pay 
roll; to disbursing officer one copy, Bureau of Medicine and Sur¬ 
gery one copy; through commandant; S. & A. Form No. 184a— 
hospitals only. 

(21) Monthly; not later than the 3d of each month; estimate 
of funds; to disbursing officer; one copy; througli commandant; 
S. & A. Form No. 144—hospitals only. 

(22) Weekly; week ending Saturday; personal memorandum 
for the Surgeon General; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; 
one copy, direct; special form—hospitals and training stations 
only. 

(23) Weekly; week ending Saturday; weekly report of sick; to 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and commandant; one copy each; 
through commandant; Form I—hospitals only. 

(24) On the 8th, 15th, 23d, and last day of month; pay roll; to 
disbursing officer one copy and Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 
one copy; through commandant; S. & A. Form No. 84—hospitals 
only. 

(25) Daily; each morning; morning report of sick; to com¬ 
manding officer; one copy; direct; special form—stations and 
yards only. 

(26) When necessary; survey on medical property; to Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery; two copies; direct; Form C—supply 
depots only. 

(27) When necessary; survey on medical property; to Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery; two copies; through commandant; 
Form Ca. 

(28) When necessary; upon transfer of medical stores; to Bu¬ 
reau of Medicine and Surgery; receiving officer, and transferring 
officer; one copy each ; through commandant; Forms I) and Da. 


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(20) When necessary; when hospital is placed out of commis¬ 
sion ; register of patients; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; 
all filled or partially filled books; direct; special book—hospitals 
only. 

(30) When necessary; abstract of patient (rough form), retain 
for files; one for each case; rough form F. 

(31) When necessary; hospital ticket; to medical officer, naval 
hospital; one copy; through commandant; Form G. 

(32) When necessary, upon termination of enlistment, and 
when promoted to warrant officer; health record; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery,; one copy; through commandant; Form 
H—gray. 

(33) When necessary; upon termination of active service; 
health record; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; 
through commandant; Form H—green. 

(34) When necessary;. request for medical survey ; to com¬ 
mandant; one copy; Form L. , •: 

(35) When necessary; by board of medical officers; report of 
medical survey ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; three copies; 
through commandant; Form M. 

(36) When necessary; report of death; to Bureau of Medicine 
and Surgery; two copies, and in the case of an officer an addi¬ 
tional copy to the Bureau of Navigation; through commandant; 
Form N. 

(37) When necessary; request for blank forms; to Naval Med¬ 
ical Supply Depot; one copy ; direct; Form O. 

(38) When necessary; clinical chart; retained for files; copies 

as required; Form Q. r 

(39) When necessary; ration notice (admission) ; to supply offi¬ 
cer or master, for naval auxiliary service; one copy; through 
commandant; Form S—hospitals only. 

(40) When necessary; ration notice (discharge); to supply 
officer, or master, for naval auxiliary service; one copy; through 
commandant; Form T—hospitals only. 

(41) When necessary; recruiting statistics; to Bureau of Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery; one copy; annually January 1, except recruiting- 
stations and marine recruit depots, who will forward report for 
the quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and De¬ 
cember 31; through commandant or officer in charge; Form X. 

(42) When necessary; efficiency report. United States Naval 
Hospital Corps; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; 
through commandant; navigation Form No. 238. 

(43) When necessary; examination report, Hospital Corps, 
United States Navy ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and com¬ 
manding officer of receiving ship or station; one copy each; 
through commandant; special form. 

(44) When necessary; requisition for services, or supplies (on 
shore); to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; necessary number 
of copies; through commandant; Forms 1 and la. 

(45) When necessary; requisition for supplies; to Bureau of 
Medicine and Surgery; four copies; through commandant; Forms 
4 and 4a. 

(46) When necessary; public bill (on shore) ; to purchasing- 
officer ; necessary number of copies; direct; Forms N. M. S. 5 
and 5a. 

(47) When necessary; public bill (on shore), special exigency ; 
to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; necessary number of copies; 
direct; Forms N. M. S. 6 and 6a. 


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(48) When necessary; transfer of patients to and from other 
than naval hospitals; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one 
copy; through commandant; letter form. 

(49) When necessary; report of epidemics; to Bureau of Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery; one copy; through commandant; letter form. 

(50) When necessary; admission and discharge of officer as 
patient; to commandant; one copy ; direct; letter form—hospitals 
only. 

(51) When necessary; information slip (nurse corps) ; to Bu¬ 
reau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; through commandant; 
special form—hospitals only, prepared by nurse. 

(52) When necessary; retention or admission of supernumer¬ 
aries ; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; one copy; through com¬ 
mandant ; letter form—hospitals only. 

(53) When necessary; summary of requisitions shipped; to 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ; one copy ; direct; special form— 
supply depots only. 

(54) When necessary; when hospital is placed out of commis¬ 
sion ; burial record; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; all filled 
or partially filled books; direct; special book—hospitals only, 

(55) When necessary; when hospital is placed out of commis¬ 
sion; ambulance book; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; all 
filled or partially filled books ; direct; special book—hospitals only. 

(56) When necessary; when placed out of commission; journal 
of the Medical Department; to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; 
all filled or partially filled books; direct; special book. 

(57) When necessary; when hospital is placed out of commis¬ 
sion ; billhook and commissary ledger; tp Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery ; all filled or partially filled books; direct; special book— 
hospitals only. 

(58) When necessary; request for transfer of labor; to supply 
Officer; one copy; through commandant; S. and A. Form No. 66— 
hospitals only. 

(60) When necessary; stub requisition; to supply officer; three 
copies; direct; S, and A. Form No. 129a. 

(61) When necessary; requests for books and blank S. and A. 
forms; to supply officer. Navy Yard, Washington, D. C.; one 
copy; through commandant; S. and A. Form No. 173. 

(62) When necessary; misconduct report, notice of admission or 
discharge, to be forwarded in the case of officers or men whose 
absence from duty is on account of disease resulting from his 
own intemperate use of drugs, or alcoholic liquors, or other mis¬ 
conduct ; to be forwarded to officer carrying patient’s accounts. 

5249. The following reports from marine posts shall be pre¬ 
pared and forwarded by the commanding or other officer con¬ 
cerned, as indicated: 

(6) When occurring, by commanding officer of marines, finger¬ 
print records; to major general commandant; to be forwarded 
direct; Form N. M. O. 330. 

Section 6.—Marine Corps Reports. 

5261. The commandant of the Marine Corps shall make from 
his office, or cause to be made by officers in charge of recruiting 
districts, or by officers of his staff, as the case may be, the fol¬ 
lowing reports and returns: 

• (7) When occurring, by officer in charge of recruiting district, 
finger-print record; to major general commai slant; to be for¬ 
warded direct; Form N. M. C. 330. 


Marine posts. 


Commandant. 


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Unnecessary 

correspondence 

prohibited. 

Style of writ¬ 
ing, etc. 


Tables, 
sketches, etc. 

Correspondence 
shall be courte¬ 
ous. 


Questions of 
jurisdiction, etc. 


Correspondence 
between subordi¬ 
nates. 

Papers requir¬ 
ing official ac¬ 
tion. 


Papers requir¬ 
ing no official 
action. 


Correspondence 
by telephone or 
orally. 


When indorse¬ 
ments shall be 
used. 


CHAPTER 44. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 

5301. (1) Correspondence shall be minimized as much as is 
compatible with the public interests, both as regards the number 
of letters written and their length. 

(2) Officers shall endeavor to use accuracy, simplicity, and con¬ 
ciseness in official correspondence, confining themselves to the sub¬ 
ject at hand without omitting essential details and arranging 
paragraphs of letters in logical sequence. 

(3) Tables, diagrams, and sketches shall be used, if practicable, 
when they add to clearness. 

5302. Official correspondence between officers of the Navy and 
with officials of the public service must be courteous in tone and 
free from any expressions of a personal nature, but courtesy shall 
be indicated by the substance and feeling expressed rather than 
by artificially polite phrases and formulas. 

5303. Matters involving questions of jurisdiction, or conflict of 
authority, which can not be reconciled by correspondence between 
officers, must be referred by officers of the Navy to the Navy De¬ 
partment.. 

5304. Official correspondence between subordinate officers of 
ships or naval stations is forbidden, unless elsewhere specifically 
authorized herein. 

5305. (1) All officers through whom communications from sub¬ 
ordinates are sent for transmittal to higher authority shall for¬ 
ward the same, if in proper form and language, as soon after 
their receipt as practicable, and shall invariably state their opin¬ 
ions in writing, by indorsement or otherwise, in relation to every 
subject submitted by themselves for decision. 

(2) The term “forwarded” may be affixed to such papers as 
are complete in themselves and which do not require an expres¬ 
sion of opinion from the office through which they are transmitted. 
Such papers may be transmitted under the indorsement of an 
officer of the staff, by direction of the commander in chief, the 
commandant, or the senior officer present. 

5306. When official business is conducted by telephone or orally, 
the substance of any communication or order that should be made 
a matter of record shall be reduced to writing without unnecessary 
delay. 

5307. (1) As a general rule a letter shall be answered by a sepa¬ 
rate letter and not by indorsement. This regulation is not in¬ 
tended to prevent the use of stamped or written indorsements on 
papers or reports of which copies are not retained, or to prevent 
the use of indorsements on papers necessarily referred to several 
bureaus or offices; it is intended to prevent tiie practice of having 
an original letter returned to the writer by an indorsement con¬ 
taining the report or information requested, and having in the 
indorsement a request for the return of the papers to the office or 
person to which they were originally sent, as such procedure neces¬ 
sitates increased clerical work in copying the indorsement, and 
requires the papers to be mailed three times. When the original 
is answered by a separate letter each office has a complete record 
of the correspondence without extra work, and the papers are sent 
through the mails twice instead of three times. 



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( 2 ) Separate letters shall be written on separate subjects unless S parate let- 

tlie subjects are of like nature. ters on separate 

In submitting reports or recommendations relative to repairs, SH ^ fs * 
alterations, etc., each vessel will be treated in separate corre¬ 
spondence. 

(3) All communications, except such as require neither action Orders to be 

nor reply, shall be acknowledged. acknowledged. 

5308. Communications received by a bureau or office containing Communion* 
information a knowledge of which is necessary or would be useful Mons to be re- 
to the department or any other bureau or office shall be promptly 2.' rr<M ! nec- 
referred accordingly, or copies thereof shall be furnished. 

5300. (1) All official correspondence of the Navy Department, Communiea- 
its bureaus or officers, with other executive departments, except tions with other 
from officers serving temporarily under such departments, and ex- <>x . ( : < ‘ ,,tive do ' 
cepting also correspondence in relation to accounts, pensions, or par ments * 
records of service, will be conducted by the Secretary of the Navy. 

(Art. I. 2205, par. 2.) 

(2) All communications addressed to the United States Civil 
Service Commission by officers of the Navy relative to examina¬ 
tions, certifications, appointments, etc., in the classified service of 
(he Navy Department shall be forwarded through the Secretary of 
the Navy. 

5310. (1) Officers commanding fleets, squadrons, or stations, Serial 
and other officers having a regular correspondence with the Navy bers. 
Department, shall number their letters. 

(2) Whenever letters or documents in foreign languages are Translations, 
transmitted, they shall be accompanied, if possible, by translations. 

Official correspondence to foreign countries shall be in the English 
language. 

(3) All correspondence shall be typewritten if practicable, but Correspondence 
should a typewriter be unavailable (he communication must be to -■** e * y p e * 
legibly written without erasures or interlineations. 

(4) Record (noncopying) typewriter ribbons shall be used. 

(5) Letters and indorsements shall not be press copied, but a 
sufficient number of carbon copies shall be made in lieu thereof 
for the tiles or other purposes. The name of the signing officer 
shall be stamped or otherwise placed on all copies. 

5311. (1) For official correspondence in the Navy, whether 
letters or indorsements, letter paper shall habitually be used. For 
the original, or first copy, it shall be white linen typewriter paper, 

8 by 104 inches in size, weighing approximately 4^ pounds per 
ream of 500 sheets of that size. For file copies a green-tinted 
paper of the same size weighing about 3 pounds per ream shall be 
used. For additional carbon copies thin paper, other than green, 
shall be used. 

(2) Typewriter cap, used only in special cases, shall be 8 by 13 
inches in size, but otherwise similar to letter paper. 

(3) Paper for letters and indorsements shall have two holes 
punched in it, the center of the holes to be ^ inch from the top of 
the sheet and 2 f inches apart and equidistant from the center of 
(lie sheet, in order that the sheets may be uniformly fastened 
together. The holes shall not exceed ■&" in diameter. 

5312. (1) The forms prescribed in this article shall apply to all Forms, 
correspondence within the naval service, with the State naval 
militia organizations, and with such departments as may adopt a 
similar form of correspondence, but not with departments, officials, 
and persons that have not adopted these or similar forms. 


written. 

Typewriter 

ribbons. 

Carbon copies. 


Official paper. 


262 


Letterheads. 


Subletterheads 
of offices. 


Origin. 

“ From.” 


Address. 
“ To.” 


Subject. 


Kcloronces. 


Beference. 


Inclosure. 


(2) Letters shall begin with the ship or station, place; and date, 
grouped and spaced as indicated in the examples in paragraph 25. 
The upper line of the heading shall be about 1A inches from the 
top of the page. 

(3) The official designation of all vessels of the Navy shall be 
the name of the vessel preceded by the letters U. S. S. The 
word flagship shall follow the name of the vessel in the heading 
of a communication emanating from the office of a flag officer. 

(4) Special subletterheads may be used at shore stations to 
designate the different offices of the station, and by officers on 
detached duty ashore, but shall not be used to designate the dif¬ 
ferent heads of department on board ship. (See Example B and 
the last two examples under C.) 

(5) In communications dated on board a vessel at sea, the 
latitude and longitude shall be stated if exactness be necessary, 

otherwise the expression “Passage, —-- to -” shall be 

used. 

(6) Following the heading and date, in letters and indorse¬ 
ments, either the official designation or the name and rank of the 
writer preceded by the word “ From,” shall be written at the left 
side of the page as indicated in examples in paragraph 25. 

(7) On the line below “From,” and preceded by “To” at the 
left of the page, shall appear the official designation of the office 
or official addressed; following this, the channel through which 
the communication is to pass, as indicated in the examples in 
paragraph 25. 

(8) Following the address, the subject of the correspondence, 
briefed, shall be written across the page, preceded by “ Subject.” 

(9) The brief of the subject should be written in about the 
same form and terms as would be used in indexing the communi¬ 
cation in filing; for example, “ Delaware; feed pumps; recom¬ 
mends change in type,” “Navy Yard, New York; Dry-dock No. 1; 
reports damage to caisson struck by tug.” 

(10) The subject shall not be repeated at the-beginning of an 
indorsement, except when required by the filing system of the 
writer’s office to identify the file copy, or when the indorsement 
begins on a new sheet. 

(Ill After the subject, the references to previous correspond¬ 
ence on the same subject, if any, shall be briefly indicated, pre¬ 
ceded by “Beference.” as shown in the form in paragraph 25. 

(12) In acknowledging, answering, or referring to official com¬ 
munications, the file number (letters as well as figures), and date, 
shall be included in the “Beference.” References shall be let¬ 
tered in small letters and may he referred to in the communication 
as “Beference (a),” etc. 

(13) When a plan that has been given a file number is referred 
to in the correspondence, this number should be stated in connec¬ 
tion with such reference. 

(14) Following “Reference,” if any, the number of inclosures 
shall be stated preceded by “ Inclosure ” at the left of the' page, as 
indicated in the example in paragraph 25. 

(15) Where necessary, the method of forwarding inclosures, 
whether inclosed, under separate cover, or by express, shall be 
indicated. The absence of “ Beference ” or “ Inclosure” will indi¬ 
cate that no reference or inclosure accompanies the communica¬ 
tion. 




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(16) The file murroer of the letter or indorsement shall be File number, 
placed in the upper left corner, about 1 inch from top and 1 inch 
from the left edge of the page; the abbreviation or initials of the 
section or division preparing the correspondence to follow on the 
same line as the file number. 

(IT) The body of letters and indorsements shall be written B °dy of letter, 
single spaced, with one double space between paragraphs. Each 
indorsement shell, where possible, be written on the same sheet 
as the preceding letter or indorsement, with a space of about ^ 
inch intervening. 

(18) Paragraphs in letters and indorsements, or other official Paragraphs to 
papers, shall be numbered. Subparagraphs shall be lettered thus : be numbered, 
(a), (b), etc. The lettering of subparagraphs shall run con¬ 
secutively, irrespective of the paragraphs. Thus, if the first para¬ 
graph contains subparagraphs (a), and (b), subparagraphs in the 

second paragraph should be lettered “(p),” “(d),” etc. 

(19) The body of the letter shaii begin and end without any Ceremonial 
ceremonial form or expression, such as “ Sir,” ‘‘.I have the honor for ™. 8 t0 b * 
to report,’; “ Very respectfully,'’ etc., and shall be followed by the om e( * 
signature of the writer, without desiguatiop of rank, title, or 

office. Information will he imparted, reports made, and questions 
asked directly, dispensing with such introductory phrases as “ The 
bureau informs you that,” “Information is, requested as to,” “It 
is directed,’’ etc. With, the exception of. “ M. C.” to distinguish 
members of the Marine Corps, such words and initials as “ U. S, 

Navy,” “ U. S. S.,” “ U. S. N.,” shall not be used in the body of a 
letter. “ Bureau of Ordnance” and “Navy Department (Opera¬ 
tions)” shall be used instead of “Chief of Bureau of Ordnance,” 

“Navy Department (Chief of Naval Operations),” etc. 

(20) When any article referred to in a communication is for¬ 
warded under separate cover, it shall be tagged and' plainly 
marked in the following manner: “ From Commanding Officer, 

IT. S. S. —--, accompanying letter (or indorsement) No. —, 

date -.” If possible, this shall appear also oh the box or 

package carrying the inclosure. 

(21) Stamps showing the date of receipt of papers shall be so Date stamps, 
placed as not to occupy any writing space. If stamps constituting etc. 

pro forma indorsements, such as “ Received and forwarded,” “ Re¬ 
ferred for action,” etc., are used, they will be placed on the face 
of pages as though written in a more formal manner, and will be 
numbered, as indicated in example. 

(22) Indorsements, whether written or stamped,; except those Indorsements, 
referred to in the next paragraph, shall be placed in regular order, 
beginning on the last page of the letter, immediately below the 
signature, if there be room there; if not, additional full-sized 

sheets shall be appended to the letter to accommodate them. In¬ 
dorsement slips shall not be used, except on correspondence with 
other departments using such slips. 

(23) All indorsements affecting pay, mileage, transportation, indorsements 
and traveling expenses shall be placed on the face of the original J* ectm s pay » 
order .involving travel, if practicable, otherwise on the back of the 

order. Such indorsements shall never be placed on sheets which 


might be detached from the original order. 

(24) Only one page of the sheet shall he written upon, and a Margin to be 
margin of f inch shall be left on each side and at the bottom of left on shects - 
the sheet. 




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(25) The following are examples of the forms of correspond¬ 
ence prescribed in this article: 

Example .4. 

122-3. Reserve Torpedo Division, 

Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C., 

May 22, 1911. 

From: Commander, Reserve Torpedo Division, Charleston. 

To: Commandant, via Public Works Office. 

Subject: Fresh-water supply at R. T. D. docks; request for in¬ 
stallation of piping. 

References: (a) Bureau Cir. letter 4048-A279, 4/27/11. 

(b) Dept, letter 2374-226, 4/30/11. 

Inclosures: 2. (1, separate cover.) 

1. I request that the public works officer be authorized to install 
piping as follows: 

(«) To supply R. T. D. docks with artesian water. 

(b) To supply R. T. D. docks with Goose Creek water. 

(c) To supply boilers in building No. 13 with artesian 

water. 

2. At present but one of the R. T. D. docks is piped -. As 

these boilers will be ready for service within a month, I request 
that the proposed pipe line for building No. 13 be installed with¬ 
out delay. 

J. K-L-. 


[411-327. P. W. 


1st indorsement. 


From : Public Works Officer. 
To: Commandant. 
Inclosures: 3. 


Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C., 

May 26, 1911. 


1. Estimated cost of carrying out the above projects: 

(a) Labor- .$800. 00 

Indirect- 300. (X) 

Material- 1, 700. 00 


(b) Labor_-:-1,100.00 

Indirect- 400. 00 

Material__ 2, 400. 00 


$2, 800. 00 


(c) Labor—--- 150.00 

Indirect—___ 50. 00 

Material_ 200. 00 


3, IKK). 00 


400. 00 


Total 


2. 1 believe this work should be undertaken, but 


appropriation under “Navigation” nr “Equipment.” 

C-— D—— 


7, 100. <X> 
— some 


: jjisi 


D— 

























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230-1. 


2d indorsement. 


Navy Yaed, Charleston, S. C., 

May 27, 1911 . 

From: Commandant. 

To: Navy Department (Operations). 

Subject: Fresh-water supply at R. T. D. docks; request for instal¬ 
lation of piping__ 

Tnclosures: 3. 


1. Approved and recommended-for which a special allot¬ 

ment will be needed. 

A-. G-. 


3d indorsement. 

No. 26395-38. Op. 

Office of Chief of Naval Operations, 

May 31, 1911. 

LStamped indorsement.] 

Forwarded to Bureau of Yards and Docks for recommendation. 

JS-L. 

■ -• : ; •! >• '; 


4tli indorsement. 

[10173. Y. & D. 

June 12, 1911. 

From: Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

To: Navy Department (Operations). 

Inclosures: 3. 

1. The bureau is averse to the expenditure of funds from the 

annual appropriations “Maintenance” and “Repairs and pres¬ 
ervation ” for extensions_ r -----, 

except in cases of urgent necessity. 

2. The bureau recommends-. 

G. L. K-, 

Acting. 


Example Jl. 

Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., 

Hull Division, 

May 6, 1912. 

To : Commandant. 

Subject: Quick-drying paint. 

References: (a) Bu. circ. let. 4048-A. 279 (AP), 7/27/11. (b) Bu. 

circ. let. 4048-A.306, 1808-A (13191-A.505) (CH), 3/14/12. 

(c) Bu. circ. let. 1808-A.912 (13181-A.477) (CU), 2/12/12. 
Inclosures: 2. 

1. I request that the Bureau of Construction and Repair fur¬ 
nish formula for manufacturing slate-color, quick-drying paint 
mentioned in the first paragraph of reference (c). 

2. Also request information as to the proper formula for boot 
topping on battleships. The second paragraph of reference (o) 
states that black, quick-drying paint is used for boot topping on 












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vessels painted slate color. Reference (b) gives black boot top¬ 
ping formula for use on torpedo boats, destroyers, and colliers, 
but states nothing about modifying previous instructions regard¬ 
ing boot topping for battleships, the last instructions received on 
that point being in reference (c). Attention invited to inclosure 
(B) showing samples of boot topping used on ships at the yard, 
and that mixed according to reference (e). 


[2648-34. 


fit u *ft:i — h<*fjfl* v »nt.ufO'm fate fKr/oKjfj/. .! 

1st indorsement. 

i —. y 

Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., 

May 7, 1912. 


To: Bureau of Construction and Repair. 
Subject: Quick-drying paint. 

Inclosure: 1. 

1. Approved and forwarded. 



Example C. 


ifi;*i»|j-l of bob'fGY/io'*! 


[Form of letterheads and subletterheads.] 


I fill ,$i 


atfl moil «l 
funs a 



Navy Department, 

Bureau of Construction and Repair, 

Washington, I). C., July 1, 1912. 

U. S. S. Connecticut, 

Hampton Roads, Va., July 1, 1912. 

ia l 'in u'UFlib.i hj/o 'id» .*>>■•• i.‘; A i»a*>•?{/<! ')dT .1 

United States Atlantic Fleet, 

IT. S. S. Connecticut, Flagship, 

. '!i *.i nr o ;< - a• uprum 

Navy Yard, New York, July 1, 1912. 

A J .U 

U. S. S. Connecticut, 

(Passage, New York to Hampton Roads.) 


.H. >\‘\ V . V \ 


July 1, 1912. 


Navy Yard, New York, 

■ 

Captain of the Yard’s Office, 

’ July 1, 1912. 

Navy Yard, Boston, 

■ ’ ,i • * 

Hull Division, 

July 1, 1912. 

•’ml :hh: noi cum}'-. m.O to nr.o’t.uM mil Pal ('tan po'L ! ) 

Navy Yard, Norfolk, 

Machinery Division, 

'“"'i ■ ■ I ,.S ' 

January 1, 1918. 

Uo guiqqol iowf tot harm wt j/iituf ^ufv’ib->l‘>tjfp ,/l->p,fd pnii uajrjfc 




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5313. (1) The sheets of a letter or report shall he arranged in Arrangement 
regular order from bottom to top; i. e., the first sheet on the bottom, lccts 0 e ‘ 
the last sheet on top. Inclosures, if any, shall he attached in regu¬ 
lar order on bottom of the letter, all securely fastened together, the 

head of the fastener underneath and the ends turned over the face 
of the correspondence in order that the last sheet may be readily 
removed to place indorsements thereon. Additional sheets bearing 
indorsements shall be attached, each on top of the preceding one, 
on* the face of the correspondence, so that the last indorsement 
shall be uppermost. Whenever an indorsement begins on a new 
sheet the subject shall he repeated. Each page of letters and in¬ 
dorsements shall be numbered in the middle of the page about one- 
half inch from the bottom. These numbers shall run consecutively 
throughout the correspondence. 

(2) When folding is necessary, letter paper shall be folded in Folding, 
three and typewriter cap in four equal folds parallel to the 
writing. 

5314. For the purpose of expediting important public business Classes of 
between offices of the department or within any command, mail mal1, 

shall be regarded as consisting of three classes—urgent, important, 
and ordinary. Urgent mail shall be given precedence over all 
other; and in order that it may be readily distinguished it shall 
have affixed to it a red slip, 2 by 3 inches in size, with “ Urgent” 
printed thereon. “Important” mail shall be given precedence 
after urgent mail and shall bear a blue slip with the word “ Im¬ 
portant ” thereon. In general, ordinary mail shall be handled in 
the order in which received. 

5315. Printed letterheads and forms for official correspondence Printed forms, 
shall be used whenever the amount of business of fin office justifies 

it as an economical measure, and such forms shall conform to the 
instructions in this chapter wherever applicable. Printed forms 
shall be on sheets of standard size (letter or cap) or multiple 
thereof. 

(2) Bureaus and offices of the department and commandants rost car,,s . 
and commanders in chief are authorized to issue post cards, of the 
s tarn lard dimensions prescribed by the Post Office Department, for 
the use of officers in making brief announcements, reports, re¬ 
quests, and acknowledgments, etc., on matters not requiring 
further action, when the use of such cards would be appropriate 
and Would be in the interests of simplicity and economy. 

5310. Letters addressed to officials and others who have not 
adopted the form of correspondence described in article 5312, shall 
be prepared in the customary form as indicated in the following 
example. If indorsements become necessary in this class of corre¬ 
spondence, they shall be prepared in the manner prescribed in 
article 5312; also, references and inclosures shall be as indicated 
in that article. 


Example 1). 

1379-23. 
F. O. 

United States Atlantic Fleet, 

IJ. S. S. Connecticut, Fla os hip, 

Navy Yard, New York, July I, 1912. 


The American Consul, 


»S'f. Thomas, D. W. I. 

Sir: In reply to your letter of the 20th ultimo, I have the honor 
to inform you that-. 


ii 







268 


The formula, 
“By direction of 
the Secretary.” 


Absence of 
chief of bureau. 


Orders , by 
whom and how 
signed. 


Signatures. 


Addresses in 
general. 


Officials ad¬ 
dressed by title 
only. 


2. It is requested that the necessary arrangements be made in 
advance-. 


3. Please advise me by cable 


Very respectfully, 


Rear Admiral, 
Commander in Chief. 

5317. (1) The general formula, “ By direction of the Secre¬ 
tary,” shall not be used upon orders or communications, except 
by the Judge Advocate General, the Solicitor, the chief clerk of 
the department, and the official charged with the correspondence 
relating to pensions or records of service. When it becomes neces¬ 
sary for others in authority, in giving an order or making a com¬ 
munication, to refer to the direction of the Secretary, the refer¬ 
ence shall be to a specified authorization. 

(2) The formula “ By direction of the-” may be used by 

aids to commandants and commanders in chief and other flag 
officers afloat in forwarding correspondence which requires no 
action or comment on the part of the commandant or flag officer 
(5320, par. 2). 

5318. In the actual absence of the chief of a bureau, the com¬ 
munications, orders, bills, requisitions, and papers requiring his 
signature shall be signed by the assistant to the chief of such 
bureau; or. if there be no assistant, then by the chief clerk of the 
bureau. 

5310. All communications, orders, bills, requisitions, and papers 
which by law or regulations are to be signed, approved, or for¬ 
warded by an officer commanding a fleet, squadron, division, or 
station, the commandant of a naval station, the senior officer 
present, or the commanding officer of a ship, must be actually 
signed by such officer in his own handwriting; and in his absence, 
by the line officer next in rank and actually in command at tb*» 
time. 

5320. 1) An officer signing for another, in whose absence he 
is in command or in charge, shall write or stamp the word “Act¬ 
ing” after his signature; in this case, the title of the official from 
whom the communication emanates, as indicated after the word 
“From” at (he beginning of the paper, shall not be modified; 
thus, in the absence of the Chief of Bureau of Navigation, the 
words “ Bureau of Navigation ” would still appear in the letter¬ 
head, and the acting chief of bureau would write “Acting” after 
his signature. “Acting” shall not be used by officers left in com¬ 
mand of ships or divisions. 

(2) Officers in charge of sections of a bureau or office and who 
are authorized to sign mail of their section, shall write or stamp 
the words “ By direction ” after their signature, and the title of 
the chief of bureau or office shall appear in the prescribed place 
at the head of the communication. 

5322. (1) In general all communications shall be addressed to 
those who, by regulation or law, have cognizance of the subject 
presented, or are authorized to take action thereon. 

(2) All official communications intended for officers holding 
positions with recognized titles shall be addressed to them by title, 
and not by.name, as “The Secretary of the Navy,” “Bureau of 















269 


Navigation,” “ The Commandant,” “ The Commander in Chief, 

•-Fleet (or Squadron),” “The Commander,-Squadron 

(or division),” “The Commanding Officer.” 

(3) An officer left in temporary command of a station, fleet, 
squadron, or division, or, in general, of any command, shall be 
addressed as if he were the regular commanding officer, on the 
principle that it is the office and not the person that is addressed.. 

The temporary incumbent shall so transact the business that 
necessary copies and records shall be preserved in the files of 
the absent superior officer’s office, using the stationery of that 
office when practicable. 

(4) When official mail is received on board any ship, or at any . Official m aj 1 
station, it shall be opened at once by the officer actually in com- 0 flj ce c r t>l |* 1 ue con 7 
maud for the time being, or his designated representative, and all mami. 
papers requiring prompt action shall be given immediate attention. 

(5) Except from ships in commission, communications relating 
solely to subjects with which a bureau is intrusted shall be ad¬ 
dressed to the chief of that bureau. 

5323. An official appeal from an order or decision of the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy, by an officer, shall be addressed to the President 
as the common superior, and be forwarded through the depart¬ 
ment, except in case of refusal or failure to forward, when it may 
be addressed directly. Similarly, an appeal from an order or de¬ 
cision of an immediate superior shall be addressed to the next 
highest common superior who has power to act in the matter, 
and shall be forwarded through the immediate superior, or, should 
the latter refuse or fail to forward it within a reasonable time, 
it may he forwarded direct with an explanation of such course. 

5324. (1) All official communications from the bureaus, offices. 


Appeals. 


Movements <rf 


and boards of the Navy Department, referring to the movements slips ’ etc ’ 
of ships in commission for sea service, or to their condition, repair, 
or availability for sea service, shall be forwarded through the 
Secretary of the Navy (Division of Operations). (Arts. R. 126, 
par. 3, and I. 4345, par. 2.) 

(2) All official communications to the Navy Department, or to 
its bureaus, offices, or boards, referring to the movements of ships 
in commission for sea service, or to their condition, repair, or 
availability for sea service, and all other official communications 
which contain information of a character international, political, 
military, or otherwise possibly affecting the operations or disposi¬ 
tion of any force under the control of an officer in command, afloat, 
shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Navy (Division of 
Operations) or to the bureau or office concerned via the Division 
of Operations. If such communications be telegraphic, they shall 
be addressed “ Secretary Navy, Washington, D. C.” if by cable, 

“ Secnav, Washington.” 

5325. (1) Applications for leave shall be addressed to those 
authorized to grant it. 

(2) Applications for duty and requests for a modification or 
revocation of orders shall be addressed to the Secretary of the 
Navy (Bureau of Navigation or Major General Commandant). 

(4) All communications concerning officers and men of the 
Marine Corps who are not serving at sea shall be forwarded to and 
from the Major General Commandant, as prescribed by article 
I. 3597. 


Leave, 
etc. 


d u t y, 


(5) Copies of War Department orders and Marine Corps or¬ 
ders may be forwarded direct by the Major General Commandant 
to officers of the Marine Corps serving at sea. provided that a 




Co m m u li 1 c a - 
tions relating to 
ship’s duty and 
subordinate offi¬ 
cers. 


Correspondence 
of commanding 
officers. 


Reports of sub¬ 
ordinates after 
battle. 


Letters from 
ships. 


Not official if 
improperly sent. 


Official chan¬ 
nels. 


Informalities. 


Matters of in¬ 
terest to other 
departments. 


Duplicates of 
important pa¬ 
pers to be sent. 


Reports in- 
volring disci¬ 
plinary matters. 


sufficient number of Marine Corps orders shall likewise be for¬ 
warded by the Major General Commandant to the commander in 
chief of a fleet for the files of his office and for distribution to 
divisional commanders and commanding officers of vessels of the 
fleet. 

5326. (1) All official communications from the Navy Depart¬ 
ment or other superior authority, dealing with any matter of 
ship’s duty, shall be addressed to the commanding officer. He 
shall call upon the heads of departments concerned, if necessary, to 
prepare or assist in preparing for his signature, a suitable reply 
or endorsement. All official letters addressed to subordinates on 
board ship shall be forwarded through the commanding officer. 

(2) Commanding officers shall conduct and sign all correspond¬ 
ence with the Navy Department, their commander in chief, or 
other superior authority, relating to the efficiency or requirements 
of their commands. 

5327. Reports from the executive and other subordinate offi¬ 
cers, or from any other person, made to the commanding officer 
of a ship, after a battle or any important service, shall be for¬ 
warded to the Navy Department, and the commanding officer shall 
retain copies. 

5328. All official communications to the Navy Department from 
ships in commission, except when otherwise directed in these in¬ 
structions, shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Navy, with 
the name of the bureau or office to which the subject matter per¬ 
tains noted in parentheses following the address, and on the left- 
band lower corner of the envelope. 

5329. (1) No written communication shall be received as offi¬ 
cial which is not forwarded through the prescribed channels, and 
with the endorsements of the officers through whom forwarded. 

(2) Every person in the Navy making an official communica¬ 
tion of any kind to any superior authority, other than his imme¬ 
diate commanding officer (except as provided for in article 
I. 5340, par. 2), shall send the same unsealed to his commanding 
officer, to be by him remarked upon and forwarded. 

(3) Officers shall not sign nor forward informal communica¬ 
tions, or such as are not prepared in accordance with these 
instructions. 

5330. All reports covering matters of interest to other executive 
departments, including all reports on diplomatic subjects, shall be 
forwarded to the department in triplicate, one copy being for trans¬ 
mission to the executive department concerned. 

5331. Flag officers and others on foreign service shall forward 
to the Navy Department by different conveyances, duplicates, ami, 
if necessary, triplicates of all important letters, stating at the top 
of each copy, in red ink, when and by what conveyance the original 
was sent. 

5332. Every report of a court of inquiry or board of investiga¬ 
tion, and every report covering any accident or other occurrence 
in which both personnel and material are concerned, in regard to 
which both disciplinary action and action looking to the alteration 
or repair of material may be necessary or advisable, shall be sub¬ 
mitted in duplicate to the Secretary of the Navy (Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation). The original shall be complete in every particular as to 
disciplinary features. This paper shall be plainly marked 
‘‘Original” at the top of the first or title-page. The copy shall 
include all evidence in regard to the material concerned, and, in 
the case of a formal court of inquiry or board of investigation, of 


271 


(he finding, and of so much of the opinion as relates to material 
alone, but such parts as relate to disciplinary action shall be 
omitted. Such partial copy shall be plainly marked “ Partial copy 
covering material,” and upon receipt in the Bureau of Navigation 
shall be sent immediately to the Chief of Naval Operations. 

5333. (1) In a fleet force commanders shall communicate di- Fleet corre * 
rectly with the commander in chief in all matters that pertain to spon ence * 
administration, except that nothing herein shall be held to conflict 

with the duties of the senior officer present. 

5333A. (1) In a fleet or force division commanders shall com¬ 
municate directly with the force commander in all matters that 
pertain to administration, except in the case of destroyers and sub¬ 
marines when the division commanders shall communicate with 
the force commander through the flotilla commander. Nothing 
herein shall be held to conflict with the duties of the senior officer 
present. Communications which concern only particular vessels 
which are not of interest to, and which do not require action by, 
flotilla or division commanders, such as papers dealing with indi¬ 
vidual enlisted men, etc., shall be forwarded by the force com¬ 
mander direct to the vessel concerned and, if necessary, shall be 
similarly returned. 

5334. Changes in the composition of, or instructions to, general. Orders regard- 
courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be made by signal, but‘"^ ua] ™ urts by 
the signal shall be followed by a written confirmation. 

5335. (1) The returns for any one month or quarter, including Returns, how 
such annual or semiannual ones as may be made at the same time, forwarded, 
shall be held until all that are allowed the same period for prepa¬ 
ration are completed, and then forwarded in accordance, with these 
regulations and the department’s orders; those for which a longer 

time for preparation is allowed, if necessary, following the others. 

This does not refer to such reports as should be forwarded as soon 
as completed. 

(2) All routine reports intended for the Navy Department which Boutine re¬ 
do not require action or comment by the commander in chief, and 1,orts * 

are not necessary for his information, shall be forwarded direct by 
the commanding officer, excepting such as the commander in chief 
or the division commander may desire to have forwarded through 
his office. 

(3) No letter of advice or transmittal shall accompany returns, Letters of ad- 
requisitions, vouchers, and reports on prescribed forms which are ^, e cssar he11 un ' 
complete in themselves when properly authenticated and which ( ] 0 ,KMCSSa J * 

not require special explanation. 

(4) All periodical returns and requisitions (except such as are Certain papers 

required to be transmitted by pay officers to the Auditor for the the chlef 

Navy* Department and requisitions for supplies from ships within 01 sa 

the limits of the United States and except such as a commander 
in chief may direct division commanders to act upon and forward 
direct) and all papers requiring the action of the commander in 
chief shall be forwarded to the chief of staff. The latter shall, if 
necessary, refer them to the officers of the fleet staff concerned, 
who shall return them, with such remarks as are deemed appro¬ 
priate, to the chief of staff for transmission by him to the com¬ 
mander in chief for disposition. 

(5) When ships of a fleet are separated from the commander Ships sepa- 
in chief, all periodical returns and, if information would otherwise ^anderTiTcMeT 
be delayed, all reports shall be sent directly to the department 

through the senior officer present. Copies of such reports shall 
be sent to the commander in chief through the force commander. 


Reports of in¬ 
spection. 

Duplicates to 
be indorsed. 


Orders from 
commanders ill 
chief. 


Copies of or¬ 
ders to officers 
to be sent to 
Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation. 


Vessel acting 
singly. 


Ships at navy 
yard. 


Ships of a fleet 
or squadron at 
navy yard. 


Letters con- 
ceruing repairs. 


Correspondence 
between com- 
mandants and 
bureaus. 

Navy yard cor¬ 
respondence. 


(G) Commanding officers' of ships shall inform the commander 
in chief through the force commander whenever, owing to ur¬ 
gency and to his remoteness, correspondence which would ordi¬ 
narily pass through him is transmitted direct. 

(7) Reports of inspection of vessels by division commanders 
shall be forwarded to the commander in chief through the force 
commander with a copy for his files. 

(8) Each duplicate report sent to the commander in chief shall 
bear at head of first page, “ Copy for commander in chief,” and 
shall bear an indorsement signed by the commanding officer or 
division commander, stating the date upon which the original was 
forwarded to its proper destination and the port from which it 
was sent. 

5336. (1) Copies of important orders and instructions issued 
by a commander in chief or other commanding officer afloat, and 
all his official correspondence of public interest, shall be sent to 
the Navy Department. 

(2) Whenever it becomes necessary for the commander in chief, 
the commandant of a station, the senior officer present, or the 
commanding officer of a ship on detached service, to issue an or¬ 
der involving travel or an order transferring an officer from one 
ship or duty to another, two copies of such order shall be for¬ 
warded immediately to the Bureau of Navigation by the officer 
issuing it. (Arts. R. 1511 and R. 1528.) 

5337. When a ship not attached to a fleet is alone, the com¬ 
manding officer shall communicate directly with Hie department; 
if not alone, through the senior officer present. 

5338. (1) When ships are at a navy yard, correspondence in 
regard to all matters connected with the yard shall be direct with 
the commandant thereof; and correspondence with the Navy De¬ 
partment on matters connected with the yard shall be through the 
commandant, unless otherwise specified. 

(2) When a ship attached to a fleet or squadron is at a navy 
yard, all required fleet reports shall be made directly to the com¬ 
mander in chief; and all correspondence with the Navy Depart¬ 
ment, in matters not connected with the navy yard shall be 
through him, except when, owing to his absence, it would occa¬ 
sion undue delay, in which case such correspondence shall be 
through the senior officer of the fleet present. (Art. I. 5335, par. G.) 

(3) Letters from ships in commission at a navy yard asking- 
for repairs shall be sent to the commandant. All other communi¬ 
cations, reports, etc., from ships in commission at a navy yard 
shall be forwarded direct, except when otherwise required by 
these instructions. (Art. I. 1314.) 

5339. (1) Commandants of naval stations shall correspond di¬ 
rectly with the bureaus and offices of the Navy Department con¬ 
cerning the work of their commands, except as otherwise pro¬ 
vided in these instructions. 

5340. (1) All communications from the department, its bu¬ 
reaus or offices, relating to matters under the cognizance of a 
commandant or of which he should have knowledge shall be ad¬ 
dressed to him, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this article 
and in article I. 5339, and shall be acted upon by indorsement or 
otherwise as he shall direct. Such letters as require it; shall be 
forwarded to the yard departments, divisions, and inspectors con¬ 
cerned, in the order indicated by the commandant, who shall also 
fix the office in which the correspondence shall be finally lodged. 


In case a letter which is referred to one or more offices is found to 
concern another office it shall be the duty of the head of the office 
to which it is referred to bring it officially to the attention of such 
other office. 

(2) Routine letters emanating from or intended for bureaus or Letters requir- 
ynrd departments, divisions, or inspectors, also letters of a purely no action by 
technical character which require no consideration or action by da „t comma "‘ 
the commandant, shall be addressed to the official concerned and 

sent direct to him. In cases where the work or articles under the 
cognizance of bureaus other than the one from which the com¬ 
munication emanates are concerned, a duplicate of the letter shall 
be sent direct to the departments, divisions, or inspectors con¬ 
cerned. All other letters concerning yard departments or divi¬ 
sions shall be addressed to the commandant, who shall, in case he 
does not himself decide upon the matter, forward them to the 
official concerned. Heads of the yard departments, divisions, or 
inspectors may, however, appeal to the Navy Department from a 
decision of the commandant. 

(3) When new work is duly authorized, a shipment or fresh in case of new 
business directed, or a requisition duly approved, the head of the ^nartment* 1 to 
department interested on board a ship in commission or the navy communicate di¬ 
yard officials concerned may communicate direct with all bureaus, rect with bu- 
officers, persons, or firms involved in the matter, in order to ex- reans ’ °* c ' 
pedite the transaction of public affairs. Important messages sent 

by telephone shall be confirmed in writing. 

(4) It shall be the duty of every bureau and officer to refer Commuuica- 
promptly to the commandant, or to the commanding officer of a tioM to be refer- 
ship in commission, any communication coming into his hands ,, (1 a ® t co ™j 
of which such bureau or officer thinks the commandant or com- which he should 
manding officer should be cognizant and which, by inadvertence i> e cognizant, 
or otherwise, has not passed through the proper office, although 

if should have so passed. 

(5) Indorsed bureau and other official letters, even if coming Bureau letters, 
through a commandant, sh.-ill, unless otherwise ordered, be re-returned 
turned by the head of department or division concerned direct to or<< ' 

ihe bureau or to the official in interest, in cases where the in¬ 
dorsement is purely routine. 

(6) Papers which are forwarded to a commandant from points t . Papers to be 
outside the yard and which are by him forwarded to heads of 

partments or divisions, inspectors, or commanding officers to be 
simply “ noted,” or “ copied and complied with,” and “ returned ” 
to their source, shall be returned direct, unless the commandant 
otherwise orders, or unless some request, comment, suggestion, or 
recommendation is added requiring action by the commandant. 

(7) Recommendations as to new matters, requests for authority Papers which 
or those of any other nature, which are not of the consequence of Jf, rough p C om- 
authority already given, and all parsers not permitted by the mandant’s office, 
department (in the Navy Regulations, Naval Instructions, gen¬ 
eral orders, or otherwise) to be sent direct, shall pass through 

the commandant’s office. 

(8) In communications between the Navy Department and a Other papers 
receiving ship, or ships in commission, notices concerning the forwarded 
transfer of men, changes of rating, authority to ship men, re- c ‘ 
quests for filling vacancies in crews or in marine detachments, 

and all reports and returns relating to shell men which require 
no action by the commandant, shall be forwarded direct and not 
through the commandant’s office. 


96220—17-19 



274 


Receiving (9) The correspondence of the receiving ship, except as indi- 
und S hosi)Uais CiiS ’ ca ted in paragraph 8, marine barracks, and naval hospital shall 
be conducted as if they were yard departments. 

Papers con- (10) Papers containing views or recommendations of heads of 
taining varying departments or divisions, inspectors, or commanding officers which 
vk ' vs ‘ are at variance shall not be forwarded by such officers to the 

bureaus concerned except through the commandant. In cases of 
this nature the commandant should decide the matter, if pos¬ 
sible. 

(11) In communications between the major general comman¬ 
dant of the Marine Corps and marine brigades at navy yards 
or naval stations, notices concerning the transfer of men, changes 
in rank, authority to enlist men, requests for filling vacancies or 
for details, and all reports and returns relating to such men which 
require no action by the commandant of the yard or station, shall 
be forwarded direct, and not through the commandant’s office. 
(Arts. I. 5235 (4) and I. 3597.) 

Despatches iu 5341. (1) The instructions contained in this chapter covering 

general. written communications, as far as applicable, shall be extended to 

official despatches, subject to such accountability as the depart¬ 
ment or bureaus may prescribe. The term “ despatch ” shall be 
considered as embracing cablegram, telegram, radiogram, tele¬ 
phone message, and signal, and the method of its routing will be 
determined by the communication officer responsible for its prompt 
delivery. 

(2) Despatches shall not be used when communication by mail 
will answer the purpose. 

(3) Despatches strictly personal or for the convenience or in 
the interest of the sender shall not be transmitted at Government 
expense. 

(4) All despatches shall be confirmed immediately by mailing 
a carbon copy marked “Confirmation of despatch sent (hour) 
a. m. (p. m.) on (day).” When deemed advisable, a letter giving 
additional information in regard to the matter should accompany 
the confirmation. Wffien a telegram, cablegram, or radiogram is 
sent in code, the confirmation copy shall be a copy of the coded 
message as sent, and not a copy of the translation. When tele¬ 
grams, cablegrams, or radiograms that have been sent in code are 
quoted in correspondence or orders, a paraphrase, arid not an 
exact translation, will be given. 

(5) When despatches are' sent in code, all code words in one 
despatch will be from the same code, unless exceptional circum¬ 
stances make it desirable to do otherwise. 

(6) Acknowledgment of despatches is not required unless so 
stated in the despatch, or manifestly desirable from the character 
of the despatch. 

(7) A reference time number shall be used in every official 
despatch among ships and shore stations of the Navy. The refer¬ 
ence number shall be placed as the last word of the text, preceding 
the signature, shall consist of five figures transmitted as figures, 
not spelled out, and shall never be coded. The first two figures 
represent the hour from zero to twenty-four, reckoned from mid¬ 
night as zero hours; the last two figures represent the day of the 
month. In case either of these elements is represented by one 
figure, a zero shall precede it. The middle figure* represents the 
minutes to the nearest ten minutes. Example: Reference number 
for 10.31 a. m. of the 23d is 10323; 10.39 p. m. of the 23d is 22423; 
2.00 a. m. of the 2d is 02002. In case more than one despatch is 


sent in the same ten-minute period, the reference number may 
consist of six figures, the middle two figures representing the 
exact minutes. 

(8) In replying to a despatch, its reference number appears as 
the first word of the text (except in despatches addressed to a 
flag officer, force commander, flotilla commander, division com¬ 
mander, or senior officer present, in which case this reference num¬ 
ber follows the word “Flag”). Example: Despatch—“Reference 
your despatch of two a. m. of the 22d inst. approved. 10.81 a. m.. 

23d inst.,” the signal is “ 02022 approved 10328.” If more than one 
month has elapsed, the reference number referred to shall be fol¬ 
lowed by the name of the month. Example: “ 15505 February; 
are conditions still the same 09010.” 

(9) To acknowledge a despatch simply transmit the reference 
number of the despatch which is to be acknowledged, followed 
by the reference number of the acknowledgment. Example: Des¬ 
patch—“ 9.00 a. in. 22d inst. I acknowledge your despatch of 
4.00 p. m. of the 21st.” The Signal is “ 16021 09022.” 

(10) In sending despatches which refer to previous correspond¬ 
ence it should be borne in mind that reference therein to the 
sender’s file number does not give sufficient information in re¬ 
gard to the subject to enable the office receiving a despatch to 
locate the correspondence. Despatches should contain, in addi¬ 
tion to the reference number, information in regard to the subject 
of the correspondence which is referred to so that the office re¬ 
ceiving them may be able to locate the correspondence. 

5342. Upon arrival of a vessel or vessels at a port having tele- lie^istratiou 
graphic or cable communication the name of each vessel, prefixed of cable and tei- 
by the letters “ USS,” shall be registered at the telegraph and egraph address, 
cable offices. 

5343. (1) Cablegrams sent at Government expense shall be as Cablegrams, 
brief as possible and be worded so as to be intelligible without 

the use of punctuation marks, if possible. When this can not be 
devised, the necessary punctuation in words should be included 
in the message. The sender shall sign his surname only, except 
in cases where his initials or rank may be absolutely necessary. 

(2) In general cablegrams will be sent in code. The confiden¬ 
tial codes will in general be used only for messages whose con¬ 
tents should not be generally known, and nonconfidential codes 
where only considerations of economy are involved. 

5344. (1) Within the continental limits of the United States Telegrams, 
the telegraph rates make a minimum Charge for a regular mes¬ 
sage of 20 words, including address and signature. In messages 

of this kind, therefore, when this number of words will not be 
exceeded and when not confidential, code words will not be used, 
nor will attempt be made to condense the message below 20 words 
by the omission of words, the retention of which makes more 
certain a correct understanding of the message. 

(2) When practicable “night messages” will be used, such 
message effecting a saving of 25 to 50 per cent on the charges for 
regular messages. 

(3) In nonsecret telegrams exceeding 20 words in length, any 
authorized nonconfidential code should be used, where practicable, 
to reduce the number of words. 

(4) The letters “USS” written as one word and appearing in 
the address of cablegrams and radiograms should be counted as 
one word. Any overcharge by a cable or radio company should 
be reported to the department. 


Radiograms. 


Reports of ar¬ 
rival and depar¬ 
ture. 


Cal) legrams, 
telegrams, and 
radiograms o f 
arrival and de¬ 
parture. 


5345. (1) All vessels equipped with a radio outfit shall use it, 
when practicable, for reporting movements or otherwise communi¬ 
cating with shore stations, subject to the Naval Instructions or 
special orders governing its use in special localities. 

(2) In all cases where there may be uncertainty on the part of 
the receiver, a radiogram sent from a ship to be further for¬ 
warded by cable or telegraph shall include the location of the ship. 

5346. (1) The arrival in and departure from port of every ves¬ 
sel, its damage by collision, grounding, or other casualty which 
will require repairs, and other important information which should 
be known without delay, shall be promptly transmitted to the de¬ 
partment by cable, telegraph, or radio. (Art. I, 5324 (2).) 

(2) If a vessel is within flag signal distance of a yard or station 
this report shall be made by tlie commandant, to whom must be 
promptly made the report necessary to enable him to carry out the 
provisions of the foregoing paragraph. 

(3) If not within flag signal distance of a yard or station the 
report to the department shall be made by the senior officer pres¬ 
ent, or if acting singly, by the commanding officer. 

(4) In addition to reports made to the department, the arrival 
and departure of vessels attached to a fleet or other independent 
command shall be reported by cable, telegraph, or radio to the 
commander in chief or commander thereof, who may, however, 
issue special instructions concerning reports of vessels of a torpedo 
division, flotilla, or other unit of his command when acting sepa¬ 
rately under a division or flotilla commander. All reports of this 
kind to a commander or commander in chief will be made by the 
senior officer present of his command. 

(5) When no report to the contrary 
rival and departure will be understood 
tion that all are well on board. 

(6) Reports of sailing for a passage of over 48 hours will also 
give the estimated time of arrival at destination based on intended 
speed and distance. This estimate is for the information of the 
department and is in no way binding upon the commanding officer. 

5347. The following forms shall be followed in making reports 
of arrivals and departures: 

(1) Cable and telegraphic reports: 

(a) “ Wyoming .10027 ” meaning “ Wyoming arrived at this port 
10 a. m. 27th.” 

{b) “Fleet (Squadron) (Division) or (Flotilla) 10326,” mean¬ 
ing “The Fleet (Squadron) (Division) or (Flotilla) arrived at 
this port 10.30 a. m. 26th.” 

(c) “Hampton Roads arrive 10026 08024” (signed by Com¬ 
manding Officer, Texas) meaning “ Texas is sailing for Hampton 
Roads at 8 a. m. 24th, expects to arrive 10 a. m. 26tli.” 

{d) “Michigan Philadelphia arrive 18028 10026” (signed by 
Flag or Senior Officer Present) meaning “The Michigan is sailing 
for Philadelphia at 10 a. m. 26th, expects to arrive 6 p. m. 28th.” 

(2) Radio reports: 

(a) “Arrived Boston 12315” (signed by Commanding Officer of 
North Dakota). 

(b ) “Florida arrived Port au Prince 18413” (signed by Flag 
Officer, Senior Officer Present, or Commandant). 

(c) “ Sailing Gibraltar for Boston, arrive 12014 08001 ” (signed 
by Commanding Officer, Utah). 

( d) “Utah sailing Norfolk for Key West, arrive 14016 00312” 
(signed by Flag Officer or Senior officer Present), 


(Art. R. 1272.) 
is received, reports of ar- 
as conveying the informa- 


277 


5318. If the senior naval officer present desires that a message 
be placed on the land wire immediately by the naval shore radio 
station receiving such message, without any attempt being made 
to relay by radio, the placing of the words “ via wire ” imme¬ 
diately following the check will indicate that fact, and operators 
at shore stations will be guided accordingly. (See Art. 129 (i), 
Commercial Traffic Regulations, 1915.) 

5319. (1) Exact compliance with the foregoing instructions re¬ 
garding the form in which cablegrams, telegrams, and radiograms 
shall be sent is essential to a correct understanding of their mean¬ 
ing by the receiver. This is particularly true of reports of arrival 
and departure made to the department. 

(2) In making reports by radio it must be borne in mind that 
the location of the sender is not shown in the preamble of a radio¬ 
gram received, as is the case in a telegram or cablegram. There¬ 
fore whenever appropriate this location must be shown in the body 
of the message. 



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Addrenes. 


5350. (1) The following cable and telegraphic addresses shall be 
used by all persons connected with the Navy: 


ror whom. 


Telegraphic addresses not cable. 


Secretary of the Navy. 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 

Chief of Naval Operations...- - - - 

Bureau of Navigation. . 

Bureau of Construction and Repair.. 

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery... 

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.. 

Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Bureau of Ordnance. 

Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

Judge Advocate General. 

Hydrographic Office... 

Division of Naval Militia Adairs. 

Navy disbursing officer, Washington, D. C — 


Secretary Navy, Washington, D. C. 

Assistant Secretary Navy, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. 

Operations, Navy Department, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 

Navigation, Navy Department, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 

Construction, Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

Surgeon General, Navy. Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

Paymaster General, Navy Depart¬ 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

Docks, Navy Department, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. 

Ordnance, Navy Department, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 

Engineering, Navy Department,Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 

Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. 

Judge Advocate General, Navy De¬ 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

Hydrographic Office, Navy Depart¬ 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

Naval Militia, Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

Navy Disbursing Officer, Washington, 
D. C. 


Superintendent, Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
Md. 

Commandant, navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H.. 

Commandant, navy yard, Boston, Mass. 

Commandant, navy yard, New York, N. Y— 
Commandant, navy yard, Philadelphia, Ba... 
Commandant, navy yard, Washington, D. C.. 

Commandant, navy yard, Norfolk, Va. 

Commandant, navy yard, Charleston, S. C_ 

Commandant, navaf aeronautic station, Pen¬ 
sacola, Fla. 

Commandant, navy yard, Mare Island, Cal.... 
Commandant, navy yard, Puget Sound, Wash. 
Commandant, naval station, Narragansett 
Bay, R. I. 

Commandants of naval districts. 

Commanding officer of a vessel. 

Commander in chief, commander of force 
squadron, flotilla, or division, or seuior offi¬ 
cer present afloat. 

Commanding officer, naval training station, 
Newport, R. I. 

Commandant, naval training station, San 
Francisco, Cal. 

Commandant, naval station, Key West, Fla... 
Commandant, naval station, New Orleans, La- 
Commandant, naval training station, Great 
Lakes. 

Commanding officer, receiving ship at-... 

President ofthe War College, Newport, R. I... 
Inspector of Ordnance in charge of torpedo 
station, Newport, R. I. 

Navy purchasing office, Baltimore, Md. 

Navy purchasing office, Seattle, Wash- 

Navy purchasing office, San Francisco, Cal — 

Naval coal depot, Tiburon, Cal. 


Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 

Navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H. 

Navy yard, Boston, Mass. 

Navy yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Navy yard, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Navy yard, Washington, D. C. 

Navy yard, Portsmouth, Va. 

Navy yard_, Charleston, S. C. 

Naval station, Pensacola, Fla. 

Navy yard, Mare Island, Cal. 

Navy yard, Puget Sound, Wash. 

Naval station, Newport, R. I. 

Commandant - naval districts. 

_p 

“USS,” the name of the vessel, and 
the place. 

Same address as above. “Flag” first 
word in text of message. 

Training station, Newport, R. I. 

Training station, Yerba Buena, San 
Francisco, Cal. 

Naval station. Key West, Fla. 

Naval station, New Orleans, La. 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 
Ill. 

Receiving ship, navy yard,-. 

War College, Newport, R. I. 

Torpedo station, Newport, R. I. 

Navy purchasing office, Baltimore, Md. 
Navy purchasing office, Seattle, Wash. 
Navy purchasing office, San Francisco. 
Cal. 

Naval coal depot, Tiburon, Cal. 


1 See Art. R. 242 for number and headquarters of districts. 




































279 


For whom. 


Cable and radio addresses. 


Secretary of the Navy. 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 

Chief of Naval Operations. 

Bureau of Navigation. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. 

Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Bureau of Ordnance... 

Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

Office of Naval Intelligence. 

Hydrographic Office. 

Navy Allotment Office, Washington. 

Naval attache, United States embassy, Lon¬ 
don. England. 

Naval attache, United States embassy, Paris, 
France. 

Naval attache, United States embassy, Rome, 
Italy. 

Naval attach^, United States embassy, Berlin, 
Germany. 

Naval attache. United States embassy, St. 
Petersburg, Russia. 

Naval attach^, United States embassy,Tokyo, 
Japan. 

Naval attach*?, United States legation, Peking, 
China. 

Naval hospital, Yokohama, Japan. 

Commandant, naval station, Guam. 

Commandant, navalstation, Guantanamo Bay 

Commandant, naval station, Hawaii. 

Commandant, navalstation, Olongapo, P. I... 
United States dispatch agent, London, Eng¬ 
land. 

Assistant treasurer of the United States at 
New York. 

Commanding officer of a vessel... 

Commander in chief, commander of squadron, 
flotilla, or division, or senior officer present 
afloat. 

American embassy at Tokyo. 

American legation at Peking. 

American consulate at any city. 

United States postal agency, Shanghai. 

Brigade commander, First Brigade of Marines, 
Manila, P. I. 

Commanding officer, marine detachment, le¬ 
gation guard, Peking. 

Commandant of a naval station within conti¬ 
nental limits of United States. 

Depot quartermaster, Marine Corps, San 
Francisco. 

Depot quartermaster, Marine Corps, Philadel¬ 
phia. 

Depot quartermaster, Marine Corps, Cavite... 
Post quartermaster, Marine Barracks, Guam.. 


Secnav Washington. 

Astnav Washington. 

Opnav Washington. 

Bunav Washington. 

Bucon Washington. 

Burned Washington. 

Busup Washington. 

Budocks Washington. 

Buord Washington. 

Buseng Washington. 

Marcorps Washington. 

Navintel Washington. 

Hydrog Washington. 

Navalot, Washington. 

Alusna London. 

Alusna, Paris. 

Alusna Rome. 

Alusna Berlin. 

Alusna St. Petersburg. 

Alusna Tokyo. 

Alusna Peking. 

Navhosp Yokohama. 

Navsta Guam. 

Navsta Guantanamo. 

Navsta Honolulu. 

Navsta Olongapo. 

Usda London. 

Subtreasury New York. 

“ USS,” the name of the vessel, and the 
place.* 

Same address as above. “Flag” first 
word in text of message. 

Amembassy Tokyo. 

Amlegation Peking. 

American consul (followed by the name 
of the resident city). 

Darpost Shanghai. 

Marbrig Manila. 

Marguard Peking. 

Navsta (followed by the name of the 
place). 

Quamacorps San Francisco. 

Mardep Philadelphia. 

Marcordep Cavite. 

Marcar post Guam. 


♦The transmission of “USS ” by radio may be omitted when there is no danger of con¬ 
fusion with a shore station or navy yard of the same name. 

(2) Telegraphic or cabled messages shall be addressed to the 
official or office through whom the message should next he for¬ 
warded, and the further channels through which they are to pass 
should not be included in the message. Thus, in the above exam¬ 
ple, if the commander in chief desired to refer the matter to the 
department by telegraph, the address would simply he “ Secretary 
Navy, Washington, D. C.,” or if by cable “ Secnav, Washington. 5 ’ 

































280 


In cases in which the cognizance does not appear from the text of 
the message, the first words of the message may indicate to what 
bureau or office the subject pertains, however, as “ For con¬ 
struction.” 

(3) The cable and radio address of the Superintendent of Radio 
Service is “Radio, Washington.” That of any other person at 
the station is his surname, “ care Radio, Washington.” The tele¬ 
graphic address of the Superintendent of Radio Service is 
“ Navy Radio, Washington, D. C.” The post-office address of 

any person at the Arlington Station is “- -, Radio, 

Virginia.” 

(4) The official cable or radio address of a radio station in a 
navy yard or naval station, or in its immediate vicinity, is the 
cable address of the commandant, as given in the Navy Regula¬ 
tions. The official telegraphic address of such a station is that 
of the commandant, as given in the Navy Regulations. 

(5) The cable, radio, telegraphic, and post-office addresses of 
other naval radio stations are given in the following table. In 
writing cable and radio addresses on message blanks, the name of 
the State, in parentheses, should follow the name of the city or 
town; if so written, the name of the State will not be counted or 
charged for. 


4—I-4-----:-a-£ 



Cable and radio, 
address. . 

Telegraphic 

address. 

■re.’/ j/iivi oifUii 

Land-line con¬ 
nections. 

Post-office 

address. 

Portland. 

Radio, Port- 

Navy Radio, 

Western Union 

Portland, Me. 

Cape Cod. 

land (Me.), 
Radio, High- 

Portland, Me. 

Navy Radio, 

and Postal. 
Western Union 

North Truro, 


land Light 

Highland 

onlv. 

Mass. 

N a n t u iq ket 

(Mass.). 

Via Radio, 
Newport 

Light, Mass. 
Via N a v y 

None. 

. ioY ws>VL 

c/o L. H. Ten* 

Shoals Light- 

Radio, N e w, 


der, Woods 

ship. 

(R. Id- 

port, R. I. 

: •“ibiT.TV IVOO ,b ■ 

Hole. Mass. 

Fire Island. 

Radio Fire 

Navv Radio, 

\V estern Union 

Bay Shore,N.Y. 


Island (N. 
Y.). 

F 1 r e Island, 

N. Y. 

and Postal. 

. 

Cape Henlopen. 

Radio, Capo 

Navy Radio, 

Western Union 

Lewes, Del. 


Henlopen 

Cape Henlo- 

only. 

Beaufort, N. C.. 

(Del.). 

Radio, Bean- 

pen, Del. 

Navv Radio, 
Beaufort, 

. .do. 

Beaufort, N. C. 

fort (N. C.). 

* * fLi. Jr! U 

Diamond Shoals 

Via Radio, 

N. C. 

Via Navy Radio, 
Beaufort, N.C. 

N one . 

c/o L. II. In- 
spector, Balti- 

Lightship. 

Beaufort 


' ! t a> n vi! 

(N. C.)J< 



more, Md. 

Frying Pan 

Via Radio, 

Via Navy Radio, 

None. 

c/o L. H. Inspec- 

Shoals Light- 

Char leston, 

Char leston, 

> -v. 

tor, Charles- 

ship. 

(S. C.). 

S. C. 


ton, S. C. 

St. Augustine... 

Radio, St. Au- 

Navy Radio, 

Western Union 

St. Augustine, 


gustine 

St. Augustine, 

and Postal. 

Fla. 

Jupiter. 

(Flo,), i 

Radio, Jupiter 

Flo. i 

Navy Radio. 

) mhs!U 

Western Union 

Jupiter, Fla. 

San Juan. 

(Flo.). 1 

Radio, San 
Juan (P. R.). 

Jupiter, Flo. 1 
Navy Radio, 

only. 

Porto Rican 

San Juan, Porto 

;• -.o i."f>or 

San Juan, 

tele g r a p h s 

Rico. 

Colon. 

Radio, Colon 

P. R. 

Navy Radio, 

only. 

Canal Zone 

Colon, R. P. 

Balboa. 

(R. P.). 
Radio, Balboa, 

Colon, R. P. 
Navy Radio, 

telegraphs. 

*«. •. f i 0 .. 

Balboa, T. C. Z. 

, w : * t 

Darien ... 

via Colon 
(R. P.). 

Radio. Darien 

Balboa, 
I. C. Z. 

Navy Radio, 
Darien, I.C. Z. 

.do 

Darien, I. 0. Z. 

’ • * / ill vitiS 


(I. C. Z.). 



J “Flo.” is used to prevent confusion with “Ala.” 






























281 


' ' > 

Cable and radio 
address. 

Telegraphic 

address. 

Land-line con¬ 
nections. 

Post-office 

address. 

Porto Bello. 

Radio, Porto 
Bello,via Co¬ 
lon (R. P.). 

Radio, St. Paul, 
via North 
Head. 

Radio, St. 

No cable or tele- 


Porto Belle- 
R. P. 

St. Paul, Pribi- 
lof Islands, 
Alaska. 

St. George, 
Pribilof Is¬ 
lands, Alaska. 

Unalaska, Alas¬ 
ka. 

Kodiak, Alaska. 

Cordova, Alas¬ 
ka. 

Sitka, Alaska. 

Tatoosh Is- 

St. Paul (Pribi- 

graphic con¬ 
nections. 

.. ..do. 


lofs). 

St. George 
(Pribilofs). 

Dutch Harbor.. 

.do. 


George,via 
North Head. 
Radio, Dutch 

.do. 


Kodiak. 

Harbor, via 
North Head. 
Radio, Kodiak, 

.do. 


Cordova. 

via North’ 
Head. 

Radio, Cordo- 

___do. 

War Depart- 

Sitka. 

va, via North 
Head(Radio) 
or Seattle 
(cable). 

Radio, Sitka, 

.. .do. 

ment cable. 

Tatoosh. 

via North 
Head(Radio) 
or Seattle 
(cable). 

Radio, Tatoosh 

Navy Radio, 

W e s t e r n 


(Wash.). 

Tatoosh, 

Union and 

land, via Port 

North Head.... 

Radio, North 

Wash. 

Navy Radio, 

Postal. 

W e s t e r n 

Crescent, 

Wash. 

North Head, 


Head (Wash.). 

North Head, 

Union only. 

via Ilwaco, 

(’ape Blanco_ 

Radio, Cape 

Wash. 

Navy Radio, 

.do. 

Wash. 

Cape Blanco, 

Blanco, 

Cape Blanco, 


via Denmark, 

Eureka. 

(Oreg.). 
Radio, Eureka, 
(Calif.). 1 

Radio, Faral- 

Oreg. 

Navy Radio, 
Eureka, 
Calif. 1 

Via Navy 

.do. 

Oreg. 

Loleta, Calif. 1 

Earallons, care 

Farallon Islands 

None. 

Point Arguello.. 

Ions,via Mare 
Island (Calif.). 1 

Radio, Point 

Radio, Mare 
Island, Calif. 1 

Navy Radio, 

Western 

of postmaster, 
San Francis¬ 
co, Calif. 1 
Point Arguello, 

A r g uello 

Point Argu- 

Union only. 

via Surf, 

San Diego, Calif. 

(Calif.). 1 
Radio, San 
Diego (Calif.). 1 

ello, Calif. 1 
Navy Radio, 

W e s t e r n 

Calif. 1 

Point Loma, 

San Diego, 

Union and 

Calif. 1 


Calif. 1 

Postal. 



1 “Calif.” is used to avoid confusion with “Colo.” 


5351. The decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury require 
certified copies of telegrams to he tiled with postage accounts. 
The production of either the originals or copies of confidential 
messages is not required, however, provided the officer sending 
the same certifies that such messages were of a confidential 
character, and that in his judgment it would be prejudicial to 
the public interests to disclose their contents; that they were 
actually transmitted and were on public business; that the num¬ 
ber of words charged for and the places between which trans¬ 
mitted are correctly stated; that they were day or night mes¬ 
sages, as the case may be, and also shows whether directions 
were given to transmit them over bond-aided lines. The amount 
paid for transmission must be noted on the copy of each tele¬ 
gram or cable message, in United States currency, in order to 
facilitate the settlement of the account. In all cases where it is 


ol 


Telegraph and 
cable accounts. 














































282 


practicable, vouchers for money paid for messages shall be ob¬ 
tained and filed with the account. 

Flies. 5352. All officers shall file and preserve all official documents 

received and coi>ies of all official letters and indorsements sent. 

Permanent (2) Suitable files containing copies of all orders given and 
records of cor- official letters written, and the original of all letters received on 
respondence. public service in all offices on board naval vessels and at shoro 
stations shall be kept and preserved. Commanding officers may 
take copies of orders or letters sent or received. The system of 
filing shall be such as to safeguard all official papers and to ren¬ 
der them readily accessible for reference. A fiat-filing system 
shall be used when practicable. 

Files of ship 5353. (1) When a vessel is placed out of commission all papers 
placed out of (except those of a confidential nature) to be forwarded to the 
commission. Navy Department in compliance with article I. 251(1 and R. 2050 
shall be packed in suitable boxes- properly marked as to con¬ 
tents and destination, turned over to the supply officer of the 
naval station, and by that official forwarded to the Navy Depart¬ 
ment by public conveyance or by freight, and, when practicable, 
over land-grant railroads in accordance with the provisions of 
article I. 4628. 

Confidential (2) Confidential papers and publications, including signal 
papers. books, shall be forwarded by registered mail by the commanding 

officer to the Navy Department before the ship is placed out of 
commission unless otherwise directed by the department.. In 
every case a separate letter enumerating the number and con¬ 
tents of the registered packages shall be forwarded by ordinary 
mail. 

Completed rec- (3) The official records of all boards and temporary or dis- 

ords to be sent continued offices shall, when completed, be forwarded to tlie 
<o department. tv T t . , . ’ 

Navy Department. 

Definitions of (4) In all cases in which confidential letters are sent through 
naval terms. the mail's the letters should be placed in an inner envelope, plainly 
marked “ Confidential.” This envelope shall be placed in another 
envelope bearing the address only, and under no circumstances 
shall the outer envelope be marked “Confidential.” Confidential 
letters Shall always be registered. 

5351. (1) The following definitions of naval terms shall be 
observed in all official correspondence: 

(2) A naval station is any establishment for building, manu¬ 
facturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under the control 
of the Navy. It may include several such establishments. 

(3) A navy yard is a single establishment for docking, repair, 
and supply. It may include building and manufacturing fa¬ 
cilities. Either alone or with other naval establishments it con¬ 
stitutes a naval station. 

(4) A naval base is a point from which naval operations may 
be conducted and which is selected for that purpose. Its essential 
feature is an adequate anchorage for a fleet with its auxiliaries, 
preferably sheltered from the sea and fortified against attack. 
Naval bases are permanent or temporary. The latter would gen¬ 
erally be established nearer the theater of war than any perma- 
ment base and would be called an advanced base. A permanent 
base would have docking and repair facilities. 

(5) Strategy applies to the distribution of naval forces, their 
armament, and supplies in preparation for war or in the prosecu¬ 
tion of war. It includes logistics. It refers to naval move¬ 
ments and dispositions made before contact with the enemy’s 
forces. 


283 


(6) Tactics applies to all naval movements and operations 
made after contact with the enemy’s forces. The term “ con- 
tact ” is here employed in a broad sense, meaning such prox¬ 
imity to the enemy as affects fleet formation and renders a battle 
imminent. 

(7) Naval policy.—Everything that includes the fixed condi¬ 
tion of preparation for war; that is, the strength, character, and 
composition of the Navy, fortification of ports and bases, etc. 

(This will be based upon our political relations and the proba¬ 
bility of war with different powers. It will also be influenced 
by the conclusions of a comprehensive study of the political rela¬ 
tions between other powers throughout the world and their influ¬ 
ence upon coalitions and alliances.) 

5355. In order that the Hydrographic Office, Bureau of Navi- Reports of 
gation, may be in a position at all times to promptly apprise the gatioif 8 t0 navi " 
ships of the Navy and merchant marine regarding dangers to g 
navigation, commandants and commanding officers having infor¬ 
mation regarding a dangerous obstruction to navigation shall for¬ 
ward such information without delay direct to the Hydrographic 
Office, unless the officer concerned has reason to believe that 
the matter has been previously reported. When reporting a tem¬ 
porary deficiency in aids to navigation they shall send a copy 
of the report direct to the nearest lighthouse inspector concerned. 








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INDEX 






11 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Art. 

Abandon ship, bill for.I 2501 (5) 

Absence: 


chief of bureau, signature of papers.,...,. 

commanding officer.... 

commanding officer of hospital ship, succession of duties in case of.. 

flag officer, authority relegated, to senior officer present. 

flag officer in foreign port...... 

leave of (see also Leave of absence)... 

authority of commanding officer to grant... 

authority of executive officer to grant. 

return from, reports made to executive officer. 

oflieer in command, signature in case of. 

temporary, flag officer from command..... 

Absence from duty, authority for. 

Absence from quarters, special permission required. 

Absence lights: 

President. 

Secretary of the Navy.. 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy.,. 

commanding officer.. 

commanding officer of flagship.. 

flag officers. 

Absence without leave: 

officers, punishment.. 

punishment for.... —-t 

Absentees: 

effects, disposal of... 

pay division.u- 

provision for, in general bills, .. 

rations, commutation of. 

reports, executive officer to make, to commanding officer. 

sick list, medical officer to report..... 

Abstract-s, patients, forwarded to department.,..,. 

Acceptance trials (see also Trials): 

reports of officers detailed for, to Board of inspection and Survey... 
Accidents: 

absence of medical officer... 


. I 5318 

. R 10C2 

. R 2919 

. R 1044 

.. R 1044 

. R 3701-3710 

. R 1063 

. R 1063 

. R 1063 

. I 5320 

. R 1044 

... R 1527 

. R 3704 

. R 1101 

. R 1111 

. R 1113 

. R 1141 

... R 1141 

. R 1134 

-.- R 9 

.... R 8 

. I 2637 

. I 2203 

. I 2506 

-. I 4552 

. 1 2602 (7) 

. I 2129 

.. 1 5222 (5), 5247 (8) 

. R 157 

tftt) -1* • 

............. R 4563 


employees,civil... :... r 391,392 

eyewitnesses to, reports of.......- --.1- .... . R 4563 

hospital ships, reports of, by master.... R '2924 

investigation by court of inquiry.. : ...-R 401 

pharmacists’ duties regarding.1... I 2351 

report of.- -.-. ----- .- - I 5332 


'•04 :I ... . .. .. . . 

Accounts (see also Cost accounts; 

deceased persons. 

correspondence regarding.... 

fleet paymasters. 

hospital ships. 


(1 IN) 

General store-keepers; Invoices; Pay officer; Supply accounts): 

. R 4552 

. I 5309 

....I 1121 (2) 

. 1 4004 


( 285 ) 














































2 86 




[I indicates Instructions: R indicates Regulations.) 


Accounts—Continued. 

inspection of......... 

njen received, commanding officer’s duties.... 

men sent to hospital. 

miscellaneous.....-. 

navy-yard departments (see also Cost accounts).•.. 

officers’ messes... 

pay officers’ (sec also Pay accounts). 

inspection of...... 

pharmacist to keep. 

purchases for torpedo and other vessels... 

receiving ship, men sent to hospital. 

settlement of, by officer of Pay Corps under arrest. 

telegraph and cable.... 

transfer of......... 

vessels without pay officers, duty relating to. 

Accountability, system of, Marine Corps... 

Accusation, copy of, to be furnished officer accused. 

Accused (see also General court-martial; Summary court-martial): 
hearing granted to, by commanding officer during investigation... 

placing of, under arrest. 

right of, to be furnished copies of charges and specifications. 

right of, to submit statement in investigations of misconduct. 

witnesses in behalf, investigations of misconduct. 

Acids, stowage of........ 

Acknowledgment-s: 

date of, recorded on document..... 

post card......... 

Acquittal, summary court-martial, procedure... 

Acting appointment: 

issue of. 

officer, authority in case of. 

officers under, honors rendered to.... 

pay in case of. 

precedence taken by officers..... 

Acting dental surgeons, appointments as. 

Active duty, retired officers assigned to. 

Active list, officers of the line, titles included under. 

Addresses: 

cable and telegraphic.- -. 

officer in temporary command.... 

(2 IN) 

officers’, reported to department. 

official communications... 

radiogram. 

telegraphic and cable, of Secretary of the Navy. 

titles used in. 

wives’, officers to report. 

Adjournment: 

boards. 

courts of inquiry. . . 

summary court-martial, report of. 

Admiral of the Navy: 

duty performed by. 

funeral escort for. 

honors for, aboard ship. 

pay of. 

personal flag, display of... 


Art. 

.. R 1531 

. R 20 

. R 3582 

. I 4951 

. I 3433 

. I 825-827 

. I 4890 

.... I 5212,5214 

. I 2351 

.. 1 4951 

. R 3582 

. R 1420 

.. I 5351 

. I 4890 

.. 1 4951 

........ 1604 

. R 1409 

. R 1428 

. R 1408 

. R 1408 

. R 1404 

. R 1404 

. I 2707 (5) 

...... I 5310(2) 

. I 5315 

. R 022 

. R 3552 

. R 1048 

........ R 1048 

. R 3552 

........ R 1048 

. R 2987 

.L..:... R 1049 
. R 1002 

.. . I 5350 

. 1 5322 


1 704-706 
...I 5322 
... I 5350 
.. I 5324 
.. I 5322 
.. I 705 

... R 302 
... R 408 
... R 604 

.. R 1032 
.. R 1301 
.. R 1237 
.. R 4406 
.. R 1237 





















































287 


[[ indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Admission, midshipmen... 

Admonitions, character of, in course of duty. 

Advanced base, definition of... 

Advancement, rating... 

division officers to assist... 

Advertising: 

medical supplies exempt by law from, requisitions for.,... 

supplies exempt by law from. 

Advice, letters of, not to accompany reports._.... 

Age: 

apprentice seamen, upon enlistment..... 

factor in physical fitness...,. 

first enlistment. 

statements of, recruits...,... 

Aids: 

information furnished, by bureaus... 

papers signed by..... . .. 

Aid for Inspections, papers signed by ( see also Division of Inspections). 

Aid for material, papers signed by ( see also Division of Material). 

Aid for operations, papers signed by ( see also Division of Operations). 

Aid for personnel, papers signed by ( see also Division of Personnel)...,. 

Air ducts, closed in case of fire. 

Air ports: 

opening and closing of, at sea..... 

watertightness of........... 

Alcohol, issue of, for paints..... 

Aliens, enlistment of..,.,.,.... 

Allotments of pay.................. 

continuation of, men transferred to hospital. 

enlisted men transferred to hospital.... 

notation on transfers...*_ 

Allowance: 

medical stores.,. 

travel, discharge.. —.... 

Allowances and pay.,. 

Alterations and repairs to ships......, 

Alterations: 

dimensions of ship’s prisons.'.. 

list of, commander in chief.. 

regulations and orders, how recommended...,. 

ships— 

definitions of..... 

items included in..... 

Ambassador, honors for... 

Ambulance service, Hospital Corps to perform... 

Ambulance ship, Nurse Corps (female) eligible for duty on... 

American National Red Cross... 

Ammunition: 

removal of, when docking ship.... 

ships in ordinary...-. 

smokeless powder- 

care in handling..... 

report of temperatures. 

ships in ordinary.....- 

Ammunition crew to be present at drill. -. 

Anchor chains: 

boatswain’s inspection of. 

care of. 

overhauling.’.. 


Art. 

. I 604 

. R 1434 

. I 5354 

. R 3551 

. I 1825 

.. I 5247 (29) 
.. I 5222 (5t) 
. I 5335 

. R 3685 

. I 3207 

. R 3525 

. R 3523 

_> R 103 

. I 5317 

. I 5317 

. I 5317 

. 15317 

..... 15317 
. I 2506 

..... 1 2633 

. I 2033 

. I 4583 

. R 3524 

..... R 4475 

. R 4475 

. R 4475 

. I 4890 

. I 2120 

. R 3606 

R 4404-4564 
. I 4301 

Mvciqrtr • 

R 1429-1430 

. I 5335 

. I 601 

..... 1 4301 

. I 4301 

. R 1115 

. I 3261 

. I 3261 

. R 3861 

rrp ' u j :% .c 

. I 2635 

. I 570 

.. I 2607 (11) 

. I 2628 

. I 570 

...I 2501 (7) 

.."... I 2627 

. I 2631 

. I 2636 





















































288 


[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Anchor watch, detail of...... 

Anchorage: 

essential feature of naval base. 

unhealthy ports... 

Anchoring (see also Coming to anchor): 

preparations for... 

stations of all hands. 

Anchors: 

care of....... 

securing. 

Answering of dip. 

Answering the hail. 

Appeals: 

address of..... 

commanding officer, reference to order of executive officer 

right to make....... 

Appearance, ship’s, executive officer, supervision over. 

Applicants: 

hospital, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, authority over 

permanent appointments, examinations of.. 

reenlistment. 

Applications: 

discharges. 

leave, duty, etc... 

orders. 

purchase discharge... 

redress of wrongs. 

Appointments.. 

acting- 

pay in case of..... 

dental surgeons, qualifications for. 

assistant paymasters. 

assistant surgeons. 

chaplains. 

civil engineers from civil life. 

determination of. 

employees, civil (see also Employees, civil). 

examination for. 

expenses of candidates. 

false certificates by candidates. 

hospital ships. 

line officers. ; .. 

machinists. 

medical officers. 

Naval Medical Reserve Corps, qualifications for. 

nonappearance of candidates.. 

Nurse Corps, female... 

oaths, appointees. 

paymasters’ clerks, Marine Corps. 

pay officers. 

permanent— 

recommendations for. 

pharmacist. 

successor to flag officer. 

warrant officers. 

Apprehending offenders, punishment for lack of exertion in. 


Art. 

....... I 2636 

. I 5354 

. I 952 

. I 2G31 

..R 1160 

. I 2631 

. I 2627 

. R 1257 

. R 1176 

. I 5323 

. R 1063 

....... R 1063 

. R 1063 

. I 3231 

. R 3553 

. R 3526 

. R 3601 

. I 5325 

.. R 1525 

....... R 3601 

. R 1442 

.. R 3301-3322 

....... R 3552 

. R 298T 

....... R 3306 

.. R 3305 

....... R 3307 

. R 3309 

. R 1525 

. I 231,251 

R 331,332,3301 
....... R 4540 

. R 3320 

. I 4007 

. R 3202 

....... R 3315 

... R 332,3305 

. R 2981 

. R 3319 

. R 3322 

.. R 3301,3321 

. R 4142 

.. R 3306 

. R 3553 

. R 3317 

. R 1044 

... R 3315-3317 
. R 8 


















































289 


[T indicates Instruction's; R indicates Regulations.) 


Apprentice seamen: 

age of, upon enlistment.... .u 

enlistment of........ 

training of... 

Appropriation-s, method of asking for.vi 

Ardois, use in hospital ships..... 

Armament, boats, responsibility for (see also Battery; Guns). 

Arms, disposal of (see also Small arms)........ 

Army: 

death of general officer... _ 

deaths of Hag officers, notification of.____..._....__ 

embarked on naval ships.:... ... 

forces on shore, authority over, of naval officers. 

funeral ceremonies...•. 


isfi s til 



... .. 


...:... 

. 

. 


•. *. 


>1 


■ Art. ■ 

R 3685 

......I.....:...... R 3685 

.. .... R 3G85 

. R 1517,1518 

... 1 4003 

:....... . I 2502 

. .....! 1711 

................... R 1311 

.......A.:... _ .1 R 1209 

A.A-... 1 .. R 3847 
....... I..-:...I R 1050 

i.:...... ........ R 1299 


visits of ceremony by naval officers.- . R 1276 

Army and Navy General Hospital, admission info.i... ..l .........; R 4531 

Army medical officers, periodical physical exercise.I 709 

Army officers, authority of, over ships of the Navy. i-.v. .‘. .1 .:.........'.... A .. R 1050 

Army posts, salutes from foreign vessels answered.. ..... ; .....A.... R 1224 

Army transports, transportation by........ .............. I 955 


Arrest: 

accused to be placed under.... 

date of, entered in ship’s log... 

deprivation of liberty while under.... 

drunken men, interference in case of. 

liability of offenders to. 

officer awaiting trial... 

officer of Pay Corps... 

purpose of.. 

restrictions of officers..... 

time of. :.‘i. 

Arrival (see also Ship arriving in port): 

foreign ports, reports made by medical officer.. 

Marine Corps in United States, date of... 

port- 

bills of health.... 

registration of names..... 

report of..•. 

Arsou, punishment for.--- 

Articles for the government of the Navy of the United States. 

absence— 


o /••iauahwa j u:oo-db',b 

.. R 1408 

................... R 1433 

..R 3670 

.R 1432 

.. R 14 

.. R 711 

.. R 1420 

. R 1416 

.. R 1526 

.. R 1416 

•• .r ti. 

... R 2966 

.. 1 3551 

tlidci' lo bon-iu 

.. 12126 

. I 5344 

. I 5342-5344,5347 

.. R 4 

.. ...:.. R 1-64 


of members general court-martial.. 

without leave, punishment for. 

accounts of men received, commanding officers’ duties—. 

apprehending offenders, punishment for lack of exertion in. 1. 

arrest, liability of offenders to............—-- 

arson, punishment for.. .. 

assault, punishment for...... 

authority of officers after loss of vessel.. 

bad-conduct discharge, punishment imposed by summary court-martial 

betraying trust in time of war, punishment for.. 

branding, infliction of, forbidden.. 

casualty report sent to Secretary of the Navy.— 

clearing for action, punishment for neglect... 

commanding officer, rules governing—.. 

commanding officer, temporary punishment by...■-. 

commercial traffic, punishment for. 

90220—17-20 


. R 46 

. R 8,9 

. R 20 

i. .. R 8 

. R 14 

..... R 7 

..... R 4 

R 21 
..... R 30 

..... R 4 

..... R 49 

..... R 20 

..... R 4 

. R 20 

. R 25 

. R 8 




















































290 


* ' 

[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Articles for the government of the Navy of the United States—Continued. Art. 

commuting of sentence, court-martial, forbidden.* -. R 33,54 

confinement of men....... R 24,30 

contempt forbidden...... R 8 

contempt,general court-martial, imprisonment for.,.... R 42 

contempts, courts of inquiry may punish. R 57 

convoy service, punishment for misconduct. R 8 

counterfeiting signature, punishment for..... R 14 

court-martial punishments. R 8,14 

courts of inquiry. (See Courts of inquiry.) 

cowardice in battle, punishment for. R 4 

crew list transmitted to Secretary of the Navy before sailing. R 20 

cruelty forbidden...*. R 8 

dealing in supplies, punishment for... R 11 

death- 

penalty replaced by imprisonment. R 7 

punishments inflicted.. R 4 

sentence, general court-martial... R 50,53 

deaths, logging of... R 20 

deceased persons, property of.. R. 20 

deck-court sentences, execution of. R 32 

deliveringless property than receipted for, punishment.. R 14 

deprivation of liberty- 

imposed by summary courts-martial... R 30 

onshore.......,. R 24 

deserters— 

enlisting of, forbidden... R 19 

harboring, punishment for.... R 8 

desertion— 

by resignation, officers, punishment..... R 10 

in battle, punishment for.. R 4 

in time of peace- 

limitation of liability for..... R 62 

liability for, punishment for.. R 62 

period of liability for. R 62 

punishment for........... R 8 

in time of war, punishment for... R 4 

desertions, logging of. R 20 

destruction of public property, punishment for... R 4 

disabled men, care of.. It 20 

disaffection in battle, punishment for.. R 4 

discharge, arrest of offender after......... R 14 

t> dismissal— 1 . 

arrest of offenders after.. ... v .. R 14 

of officer, confirmation by President. R 53 

officers dismissed by President may demand trial. R 37 

disobedience, punishment for.... R 4 

disrating for incompetency..... R 31 

disrespect forbidden.,....... R 8 

dissolute practices forbidden..... R, 1 

. distilled spirits, admission on board.. R 13 

divine service, performance of...... R 2 

double irons, use of, restricted....... R 24,30 

drunkenness forbidden.... R s 

duels forbidden... R s 

dutiable goods, importing, punishment for. R 12 

embezzlement— 

of prize money forbidden.,. R 16 

punishment for..... R 14 




















































[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.] 

Articles for the government of the Navy of the United States—Continued. Art. 

encounters, punishment for failure to seek........ It 4 

erroneous receipts, punishment for... s ..... R 14 

escape of prisoners, punishment for failure to prevent. til .... R 8 

execution of summary court-martial sentences.........' i. . R 32 

extra duties inflicted by commanding officer.... .r...;.v,.1. R 24 

extra police duties imposed by summary courts-martial... i...... R 30 

false— 

claims, punishment for.■ ..... R 14 

delivery, punishment for..... R 14 

muster, punishment for.......■ R 8 

papers, making out, punishment for...... R 14 

falsehood forbidden.........'. R 8 

flogging forbidden..... R 49 

fomenting quarrels forbidden.......R 8 

forgery, punishment for...»_ R 14 

fraud forbidden.............. R 8,14 

fraud, prize goods, punishment of...... R 16 

fugitives from— 

labor, returning of, forbidden.;.....R 18 

service, returning of, forbidden...... R 18 

gambling forbidden. :l...... R 8 

general court-martial. (See General court-martial.) 

health of crew, commanding officer’s duties regarding.. R 20 

honor, example of, by officers.....•....;___ R 1 

immoral practices forbidden........ R 1 

importing dutiable goods, punishment for... R 12 

imprisonment— 

adjudged instead of death penalty..._ R 7 

for life, adjudging of....:.* 1.L. k .. R 7 

incompetcncy, disrating for, by summary court-martial....... R 31 

inefficiency, punishment for.. j......'_ R 8 

injury to vessel, punishment for.... j.. R 4 

insane, enlisting of, forbidden..... R 19 

insolence forbidden.. j....j. R 8 

intercourse with enemy, punishment for.... R 4 

intoxicated persons, enlisting of, forbidden..... R 19 

irons, single or double, use of, restricted.. R 24,30 

irreverence forbidden.. —... R 3 

joining in battle, punishment for neglect.....t.. R 4 

jumping ship, punishment for....... R 8 

jurisdiction of court-martial over dismissed persons... R 14 

leaving station, punishment for... R 4 

liability— 

time limit for punishment for desertion....-. - R 02 

time limit for offenses committed..... R 61 

to arrest and trial..—.-.. R 14 

liberty, deprivation of— 

by summary court-martial.... R >30 

onshore...... R 24 

limitation of punishment, general court-martial.-. R 03 

liquors, admission on board.- -.. • - R 13 

looting, punishment for.. . R3 

loss of pay, imposed by summary courts-martial.. R 30 

loss of vessel, authority of officers over crow. R 21 

maltreatment— 

of persons on board prizas...w.. - R 17 

of subordinates forbidden. R 3 

prize crews, punishment for. R 17 























































[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Articles for the government of the Navy of the United States—Continued. 

marking of body, infliction of, forbidden. 

maximum punishments, general courts-martial.. 

membership of general court-martial. 

menaces forbidden. 

men received on board.'. 

messages from enemy, unlawful reception of. 

minors, enlisting of, forbidden. 

misappropriation, punishment for.... 

mitigation of sentences, general court-martial... 

monthly reading of. 

murder, punishment for. 

muster, false, punishment for. 

mutiny forbidden... 

mutiny, punishment for... 

negligence forbidden..... 

negligence in battle, punishment for. 

offenders, punishment for failure to apprehend. 

offenses— 

committed on shore, punishment of.. 

committed two years before trial. 

liability for, time limitation...,.. 

not specified, punishment of.j.. 

officers— 

absent without leave, punishment..... 

arrest of.... 

arrested for trial.. 

confined for trial. 

confinement of. 

definition of term.. 

desertion by resignation... 

dismissal of. 

dismissed by order of President, may demand trial. 

suspension of... 

suspension of pay, by general court-martial. 

punishment inflicted upon, by commanding officer. 

tried by general court-martial, confirmation of sentence...... 

oppression forbidden. 

patriotism, example of, by officers. 

pay, loss of, imposed by summary court-martial... 

pay, suspension of, general court-martial sentence.. 

payment of crew... 

penitentiary, regulations regarding.... 

perjury, punishment for. 

plundering, punishment for. 

police duties, extra, imposed by summary court-martial... 

posting of... 

prisoners, escape of, failure to prevent. 

prizes, validity of.. 

profanity forbidden...... 

property of deceased persons... 

provisions, inspection of.. 

punishments— 

by commanding officer... 

by officers temporarily in command. 

court-martial. 

court-martial, adequate, to bo adjudged. 


Art* 

. R 49 

. R 63 

_ R 39 

. R 8 

. R 20 

. R 4 

. R 19 

...... R 14 

. R 54 

. R 20 

. R 6 

...... R 8 

. R 4,S 

. R 4 

R 8 

.. R 4 

. R 8 

. R 23 

. R 61 

. R 01 

_ R 22 

. R 9 

. R 24 

. R 44 

...... R 44 

_ R 24 

. R 64 

. R 10 

. R 36 

. R 37 

. R 24 

. R 48 

.. R 24 

.i R 53 

_ R 8 

R 1 

. R 30 

. R 48 

...... R 20 

. R 7 

. R 14 

R 8 

. R 30 

.... I 2501 (0) 
...... R 8 

. R 16 

. R 8 

. R 20 

. R 20 

. R 24 

. R 25 

...... R 14 

...... R 51 























































293 




[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Articles for the government of the Navy of the United States—Continued, 
punishments—continued, 
general courts-martial— 

include those imposed by summary courts-martial.....__ 

limitation of...... .. 

imposed by summary courts-martial.. 

inflicted.. 

quarreling forbidden....:... 

rating, reduction of.... 

receiving freight, punishment for commercial transaction in..... 

recommendations for clemency, court-martial cases... 

recorder, summary courts-martial, rank of......;... 

reduction of— 

rating........ 

wages imposed by summary court-martial.... 

refusal of duty, punishment for.... 

relief, punishment for failure to afford. 

remission of sentence, general courts-martial.. 

resignation, desertion before acceptance...1...... 

sailing of ship, crew list forwarded. 

sanitary conditions, commanding officers’ duties... 

scandalous conduct forbidden.. 

Secretary of the Navy, list of officers and men sent to, before sailing.. 

sedition forbidden.... 

sentence— 

courts-martial— 

branding forbidden.....— 

flogging forbiddon...... 

marking of body forbidden. 

tattooing forbidden.......... 

death, two-thirds vote of general court-martial required_'.___i... 

dock-court, execution of. 

general court-martial— 

commuting of, forbidden... 

mitigation of. 

officers, confirmation of_'. 

other than death, determined by majority vote. 

remission of...— 


Art. 

R 35 
R 63 
R 30 
R 4 
R 8 
R 24 
R 8 
R 51 
R 27 

R 24 
R 30 
R 8 
R 4 
R 54 
R 10 
R 20 
R 20 
R 8 
R 20 


. R 49 

: R 49 

. R 49 

. R 49 

. R 50 

. R 32 

. R 54 

. R 54 

. R 53 

. R 50 

. R 54 


signature of. 

summary court-martial— 

commuting of, forbidden. 

execution of.-. 

, j injurious to health of prisoners. 

remission of. 

sick men, care of. 

single irons, use of, restricted. 

sleeping on watch, punishment for. 

smuggling, punishment for. 

solitary confinement— 

imposed by summary court-martial. 

in irons, imposed by summary court-martial. 

limit of, by commanding officer. 

on bread and water imposed by summary court-martial 

spies, punishment of.’. 

statute numbers.. 

stealing, punishment for. 

stranding, punishment for.. .. 

striking flag to enemy, punishment for *... 


. R 

. ■ 

...;;. r 33 

.. R 32 

....: . R 33 

. R 33 

.. R 20 

... R 24,30 

.. R 4 

. R 12 

... R 30 

.. R SO 

.. It 24 

.. R 30 

.. R 5 

.. R 1-64 

.. R 14 

. R 4,8 



















































294 


[[ indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.} 

Articles for the government of the Navy of the United States-Continued. Art., 

striking superior officer, punishment for... R 4 

subordination, example of, by officers...- -- 4 

subpoenas, general court-martial witnesses..... R 42 

summary courts-martial. (See Summary court-martial.) 

superior officers, definition of term.,.... - .... R 94 

suspension of officers. -----r- — i 44 24 

pay, officers’ general court-martial sentence... It 48 

sword, surrender of, by officers when arrested... R 44 

tattooing on the body, infliction of, forbidden... r , H 49 

testimony— 

before summary court-martial..... H 29 

general court-martial, rereading of, upon return of absent members... It 47 

incriminating, not required of witnesses......- It 42 

theft forbidden......*.. It 8 

traitors, punishment of.....It 4 

, transfers— 

accounts of men. R 20 

commanding officers’ duties regarding..-.... R 20 

treason, punishment for.... R 4 

trial, officers dismissed by President may demand... R 37 

trials for offenses committed more than two years previous.... R Cl 

unlawful destruction of public property forbidden........... R 8 

violation of regulations, punishment for........ R 8 

virtue, example of, by officers.. R 1 

waste of property, punishment for.. R 8 

when read to ship’s company........ R 20 

willful stranding of vessel, punishment for.•.... R 4 

witnesses. {See General court-martial; Summary court-martial; Courts of inquiry.) 

wrecks, authority of officers over crew............•. II 21 

yielding in battle, punishment for..... It 4 

Artificer class, enlistment in...........•.. I 35S1 

Asiatic station, shore duty on, equivalent to sea duty... I 710 

Asphyxiation, caused by gases........_ I 2707 (7) 

Assaults, punishment for........ —..... R 4,8 

Assignment-s: 

application for......,. L .. ......... . Ii 1525 

limits of confinement to officers under suspension..... R 1418 

messes, oflicers’.......I 821-823 

officers...i-. R 1031-10117 

officers to command..... R 1037 

officers and men, to divisions..'. t....... j.I 2602 ( 3 ) 

quarters, board ship......I 801-809 

scats at officers’ messes..♦... w ..... I §24 

Assistant chiefs of bureaus, signature for chief of bureau ... I 5318-5320 

Assistant civil engineer, appointments from civil life..... . R 3309 

Assistant engineer officer-s (see also Engineer officers): 

assignment of... j 2500 

duty and responsibility... .. j 2.509 

station hi engine room. 1 2509 

Assistant paymasters: 

appointment of..... r 3 306 

rank taken by.*... r 1005 

Assistant quartermasters, Marine Corps, quarterly reports. .....: . I 526 I 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy: 

absentee lights......... r m 3 

arrival of, information required.. r 1266 

death of, ceremonies for...... . . r 129 G 



















































295 


[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.] 


Assistant Secretary of the Navy—Continued. 

flag displayed in boats. 

funeral oscort for. 

general duties. 

honors for.. 

orders issued by.. 

personal flag, displaying of. 

reception of. 

salutes, answering of. 

salutes for, in ships passing. 

Assistant surgeons: 

appointments of.,. V . 

rank taken by..'. 

Assuming command: 

commander in chief.„. 

flag olflcer, honors for.. 

Astronomical papers, publication of. 

Athletics, racing cutters not to bo altered... 

Athletic exercises, encouragement of. 

Attendants, hospital, limitation of. 

Attorney-s, against United States, officers may not act as 

Auditing board, officers’ mess accounts. 

Auditor for the Navy Department: 
accounts— 

deceased persons. 

rendered to, in case of arrest of pay officer. 

deck-court sentences, checkages for. 

Authority: 

delegation of, by officers. 

succession of, temporary absence of flag officer. 

Auxiliaries. 

assignment to fleet. 

hospital ships. 

manual of instructions for. 

merchant crews, laws governing. 

rating of. 

ships of, operation of. 

Awnings: 

inspection of. 

uso of, in the Tropics. 

Awning stops. 

Bad-conduct discharge (see also Discharge): 

adjudging of, how stated. 

execution of sentenco. 

Marine Corps. 

punishment imposed by summary courts-martial. 

Bags, absentees and deserters. 

Bakers: 

assignment to pay division. 

drills, excused from. 

Bakery shop, bakers left in charge. 

Band: 

parading of, restrictions. 

paraded for an officer. 

Bandmasters, enlistment of. 

Barber, ship’s, regulation of charges. 

Barge, flag officer’s: 

flagstaff, gilt lance head. 

stars on bow. 


Art. 

,r K 1253 

. R 1301 

. R 102 

.... R 1113,1237 

......... R 102 

......... R 1237 

.. R 1266 

...^. R 1222 

. R 1113 

....... R 3305 

.. R 1005 

. I 902-956 

.. R 1127 

.. 1604 

.. 1717 

......... I 2620 

......... 1 3231 

.. R 1522 

. I 825 


. R 2119,4552 

......... R 1420 

.'.. R 515 

.. R 1062 

.. R 1044 

... 1 4421 

. R 226 

....... I 4001-4007; R 2915 

... 1603 

.. R 1036 

.. R 1035 

.. R 1036 

....:.. 1 2634 

. 1952 

. 1 2503 

i .2. 

.... . R 619 

.. R 623 

.. 1 3551 

.. R 30 

.,.. 1 2637 

....I 2203 (1) 

.. I 2605 ( 4) 

.. I 2605 (5) 

.................. R 1168 

.. r H26 

.. R 3525 

.. 12514 

. R 1249 

. R 1249 


















































f 


296 


t 


[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Art., 

. 

Barrels, empty, disposal of........ I 2632 

Battalion, ship’s, organization of.... A... I 2505 (6) 

Battening down hatches, carpenter’s supervision of.... - I 2629 

Battery (See also Armament; Guns): 

assignment of, to divisions.... 1 2501 (1) 

condition of, division officer's responsibility for...... A. I 2602 (4) 

division officers, care of...— A....... I 2602 (4) 

service of, with reduced complement..... I 2505 (6) 

Battery drill...... I 2604 

Battle: 


disaffection in, punishment for. 

distinguished conduct in. — 

medical department.. 

reports after. 

Battle station: 

instruction of men..... 

medical officer........ ...A. 

• ' , ’ V r , , y 

pay division. A....... 

Beard, trim of. 

Bedding: 

airing of....... 

inspection by division officers....... 

regulations regarding.V.. 

sick bay, cleanliness of. 

Beneficiaries, designation of, for payment of gratuity.. 

Bequests, acceptance of, by Medical Department employees, prohibited 

Berthing bill, executive officer to prepare. 

Betrayal of trust, in time of war, punishment for. 

Bill books, medical officer’s entries in. 

Bills: 

congressional, methods of introducing...... 

form, forwarding of, by medical officer. 

officers’ messes, to be paid before leaving port... 

Bills of exchange, stores afloat, for purchases... 

Bills of health: 

arrival of ship in port.Y.. 

medical officer to procure.... 

Bills of lading, freight. 

Binnacle list: 

changes in.... . 

examined daily.... 

medical officer to prepare......'A 

Blank forms (See also Forms): 

Navy Department. 

reports made on. 

requests for.. A '. 

Blowers, to be kept running... 

Blue flag: 

flag officer absent in foreign port.. 

flying of, in navy yards... 

half-masting of.*... 

senior flag officer. 


.............. R 4 

1707 

......... I 2128,R 2901 

.. I 1407, 5327, 2061, 2957 

:.... .. 1 2505(5) 

I 2128 
I 2203 
I 2617 

2617 (4) 
I 1826 
2617 (4) 
I 2105 
R 4551 
I 3260 
2501 (5) 
R 4 
I 3258 

. R l.')17,l5f8 
I 5247 (30,31) 
...... T 825 

.... 1 4483 ( 4) 

. I 2126 

.;. 11312,2126 
I 4484 

I 2108 
I 2619 

I 2108 

I t t, 

I 35,36 
I 5205 

I 5222 (5r), 5247 (24) 
.......... T2617(1) 

... R 1244 

............. R 1243 

.:.R 1252 

. R 1241 




Boards ..... 

absence from vicinity of meeting, authority for 

absence of members forbidden. 

adjournment of. 

attendance compulsory. 

dissenting members. 


I 1004; R 301-366 

.. R 306 

.......... R 304 

.A...... / R 302 

.......... R 304 

...A.,;,,, R 307 



















































297 


[I indicates Instructions; E indicates Regulations.) 

B oar d-s—Continued. 

forms for preparation and distribution of. 

forms of procedure for. 

junior member may act as recorder. 

medical examiners— 

examination at periodical physical exercise. 

officers’ health records. 

nonconcurring members. 

organization of.. 

precedence of members.:. 

president of..... 

procedure, general... 

quorum to be present. 

recesses of. 

recorder of. 

records kept by.... 

report on fitness of officers.. . 

retiring officers... 

senior member of..'. 

transaction of business. 

transactions recorded..*. 

voting by member absent during investigation. 

vicinity of meeting, absence from. 

Board on Geographic Names, duties and authority of. 

Board of inquest..... 

composition of.:. 

death caused in performance of duty.... 

evidence, procuring of.. 

homicide, investigation of. 

murder, investigation of... 

oaths not authorized... 

procedure. 

reports inado by.. 

Board of Inspection and Survey: 

acceptance trials. 

composition of. 

data for trial forwarded to, through Navy Department. 

detail of officers for, forwarded through Navy Department. 

flag officer a member of, honors for. 

inspection of ships. 

information furnished to, concerning. 

reports by officers detailed. 

returned from foreign stations. 

precept convening, forwarded through Navy Department... 

reports. 

Secretary of the Navy, reports to, concerning ships under construction. 

ships in commission, inspection of. 

ships in ordinary.•>. 

ships in reserve, inspection of.. 

ships newly commissioned, inspection of. 

ships out of commission, inspection of. 

Board of investigation.. 

civil officials on. 

clerks on. 

death, investigation of. 

oaths administered by... 

powers, limitation of. 

proceedings, report of. 

reports.*.*... 


Art. 

....I 601-G06 

. R 901 

. R 308 

. I 709 

. I 70S 

. R 307 

... R 301-308 
.. R 301,1061 

.R 302 

... R 301-308 

- R 303 

. R 302 

... R 307,308 

. R 307 

. I 707 

. I 709 

. R 302 

... II 302,303 

. R 307 

. R 305 

. R 306 

. I 716 

... R 321-323 

. R 321 

. R 322 

. R 322 

... R 321,322 

. R 321 

. R 321 

. R 322 

. R 322 

. R 157 

. R 157 

. R 157 

. R 157 

..R 1132 

...... R 157 

.R 157 

. R 157 

. R 157 

. R 157 

...... R 157 

. R 157 

. R 157 

. I 570 

. R 157 

. R 157 

. R 157 

. R 316 

. R 316 

. R 316 

. R 321 

., R 316 

. R 316 

. R 316 

I 5332, R 316 


























































298 




[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.] 

Board of Medical Examiners (see also Boards): 

examination records kept by. il . 

health report for officers promoted.... 

Board of medical survey..... 

cases, disposal of. 

composition of... 

disease, causes of, report..............•...... 

enlisted men, surveys on....-..-.. —...:. 

hospital treatment for officers. 

injuries, causes of, report on. ....... . 

medical survey on personnel, report of....:.... 

permanent disability, report of.•......-. 

recommendations of..;. 

reports forwarded...:----- ......... 

sick leave for officers.......-... 

temporary disability, reports of..... 

transfers of enlisted men surveyed..... 

unfitness, report of......... 

Board of survey (see also Survey): 

precedence of members........... 

recommendations for pensions.!...... 

surgical instruments and appliances...... 

Boarding visits: 

foreign ships....... 

merchant vessels...... 

quarantined ships, precautions.. 

United States men-of-war...'..'.... I . 

yachts..... 

Boat-s: 

charter of, in unhealthy port. 

commanding officer’s, insignia on bow.... 

crews instructod by boat officers...... 

crews not to leave... 

equipment and care of...;.. 

firing of salutes.... 

flat trucks on pennant stalls.......... 

gilt star on commander’s pennant staff..... ...................... 

hails, how answered.... ........_..... 1...: 

hauling clear of landings.... i........... 

hospital ships, lowering and handling of. 

insignia of command displayed in..... ...... 

instruction of men in....t’.. 

juniors not to cross bows of seniors.... 

line officers in charge...... ....... 

loaded, salutes rendered from.... 

loading and discharging.;....-.. 1.... 

meal hours, not to be absent during.......•._ 

manning of, officer of the deck’s duty regarding... 

officer of the deck, duties regarding..:. :. 

official visits in....:. 

pennant staffs, insignia on... 

precedence of seniors.. 

provisioning of...........-. 

racing cutters, alterations urohibited..... 

rank of passengers, how indicated.. 

salutes when colors are sounded.. 

schedule of.... 


Art. 

...... 1 3256 

...... 13257 

... R 361-366 

___ R 365 

...... R 362 

. R 364 

--- R 366 

. R 364 

. R 364 

.. I 5222 (5p) 
...... R 364 

.. It 364,3582 
... R 363-365 
...... R 364 

. R 364 

. R 366 

...... R 3(11 

...... R 1061 

...... R 4561 

.. I 2122,2123 

...... R 1267 

...... R 1279 

...... R 3803 

. R 1279 

...... Ii 1279 

. 1952 

...... R 1250 

...... 1 2502 

...... R 1178 

.. I 2502 

...... R 1207 

. R 1250 

...... R 1250 

....:. It 1176 

...... R 1178 

I 4002,R 2924 
...... It 1245 

...... I 2505 

.. It 1178 

...... I 2502 

. It 1177 

.. I 1802.1803 
...... I 2608 

.. I 1802 

. I 1802 

..R 1245 

...... It 1250 

...... R 1178 

. I 2502 

. I 717 

. R 1176 

...... R 1177 

. I 2608 

























































299 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

B oats—Con tinued. 

senior line officer responsible for. 

service in, not detached duty. 

small-arms drills in. 

smoking prohibited.. 

trips of, in port.7.. 

whistle blasts indicating rank of passengers. 

Boat bill: 

executive officer to prepare. 

junior line officers to keep. 

Boat ensign, displaying of... 

Boat guns, ammunition, transportation. 

Boat hails. 

Boat keepers, salutes rendered by. 

Boat landings: 

hauling clear of.. 

precedence of senior officers. 

Boat officers, equipment, care, and command of boats... 

Boat salutes, table of. 

Boatmen, employment of.. 

Boatswain: 

anchors, securing of.. 

boats, securing of... 

classification of, as line officers. 

club links, renewal of. 

cordage, survey of.— -. 

ground tackle... 

hausers, examination of. 

rope and canvas, survey of. 

shackles, overhauling. 

ship, condition of, report..'. 

spars and rigging, inspection of. 

stowage of hold.. 

swivels, overhauling. 

Body bearers, funerals.. 

Boilers: 

assistant engineer officer’s supervision over.. 

bulkheads, inspection of.... 

condition of; report.. 

inner bottoms, inspection of.. 

Books (sec also Publications). 

bill. (See Bill books.) 

closing of, by pay officer under suspension. 

code.. 

crew, executive officer in charge of. 

medical, ship going out of commission...... 

morning order. 

Borrowing money, prohibitions regarding. 

Boxing compass, instruction of men in..... 

Branding, infliction of, forbidden... 

Buildings, hospital, changes, restrictions in. 

Bulletin, confidential, on public works. 

Bumboats: 

executive officer to regulate. 

medical officer to examine. 


Art. 

.... R 1530 
.... R 1529 
.. I 2505 (5) 
.... I 2025 
I 2608 (1-4) 
.... R 1176 

. I 2501 (5) 

. I 2501 (8) 
.... R 1240 
.... I 2805 
.... R 1176 
.... R 1177 

.... R 1178 
.... R 1178 
.... I 2502 
.... R 1177 
.... I 952 

.... I 2627 
.... I 2627 
.... R 1013 
.... I 2631 
.... 14735 
I 2627,2631 
.... 1 2636 
.... I 4735 

_ I 2636 

_ I 2636 

.... I 2627 

_ I 2627 

_ I 2636 

..... R 1304 

.. I 2509 (5) 
.... 12702 
. I 5212,5214 

_ I 2702 

. I 602 

. R 1420 

. 1602 

. I 2514 

. 12124 

.. I 2501 (10) 
..... R 1524 
..... 1 2505 

..... R 49 
..... I 3224 

.’... I 604 

‘Klf r 

. 12514 

. I 2113 


















































[T indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Art. 

R 103 


Bureaus, Navy Department. 

circulars— 

approval of, by Secretary of the Navy. 

issue of. 

communications to be addressed to chief. 

conference with aids. 

correspondence. 

custody of records. 

manuals— 

issue of. 

signature of, by chief of bureau... 

material, inspection of.. 

open-purebase requisitions for supplie?. 

orders issued by.. 

printing and publishing. 

signature of circulars by chief of bureau. 

signature of papers in absence of chief.. 

work done by one bureau for another. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair: 

manual of work for. 

paints under cognizance of. 

publications. 

Bureau of Fisheries: 

hospital service. 

officers on duty in, periodical physical exercise. 

officers under Fish Commission, supervision over... 

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: 

abstract of patents. 

blank forms, requests for. 

casualties, reports of, after an engagement.. 

clinical cards, forwarded to..... 

death, injury, or disability, decisions. 

descriptive cards. 

discharges in Hospital Corps. 

dispensaries, supervision of.. 

efficiency report.... 

enlistments in Hospital Corps... 

expenditure report. 

fust, aid, detailed information... 

general dut ies........ 

headstones for unmarked graves in naval cemeteries, report on 
health records— 

adverse entries in...7.- 

blanks. 

enlisted men... 

officers... 

Hospital Corps— 

examination report... 

members subsisted at hospitals, report on... 

hospital ships— 

complement of officers... 

supervision of...... 

hospitals— 

administration of..... 

admission in... 

changes in buildings or grounds. 

diet tables for. 

interment expenses, defraying of............. 


.. R 901 

. R 901 

. 15322 

. R 103 

T 5324,5339,5340 
. R 103 


R 901 
R 901 
R 103 



I 4053-4657 
... R 103 
I 35 
... R 901 
I 5318-5320 
... R 103 


. I 604 
. I 4583 
I G01-G0G 

. 1 3261 

. 1709 

. It 1051 


...I5222 (5f),5247 (8) 

.... I 5222'(5r.) t 5247 (24), 5247 (30, 31) 
.77 3.r,.-.- t 5222 ( 5j) 

...,,...I 5222 (5h), 5247 (12) 

. 7 ... 7 ..' .R 4564 

I 5222 (5i), 5222 (5), 5247 (11), 5247 (25) 
......... R3601 

.'.7.77.. It 133 

....I 5222 (5k), 5247 (16) 

77...... 7 . It 133,3525 

.... 7 - - • I 3255 

.......... .. I 2611 

... It 133 

. 7 .. 15247(5) 

■ y f) M yd-Ho ■’ i*> 

. It 2902 

... 13208 

77 I 2117 (2), 5222 (5w), 5247 (33, 34) 
.77". I 2117 (2), 5222 (5v), 5217 (33, 34) 

............7.. I 5222 (5w), 5247 (35) 

..1 5247 (11) 

•v-T..,--'-77....7. It 133 

....7.7...7..: .. R2911 

.....'. I 3239; R 133 

.. 13231 

. I 3224 

. 13232-3233 

... I 4551 



















































301 


[T indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Bureau of Medicine and Surgery—Continued. 

inventory of medical property.. 4 

killed and wounded, report. 

manual for medical officers. 

medical attendance, expenses for. 

medical history of officers. 

Medical Journal, forwarding of. 

medical laboratories, supervision over. 

medical schools, supervision over. 

medical stores. 

transfer of.. 

medical supply depots. 

medical survey on personnel. 

medical surveys, reports of..... 

Nurse Corps (female), supervision over...... 

officer on leave or whore no medical office; disability. 

officers unassigned, health records. 

operations, report of, forwarded to. 

patients transferred to hospitals; report. 4 

patients transferred to and from civil hospitals. 

physical examinations, reports sent to... 

promotion in Hospital Corps, supervision over. 

recruits, waiver of physical disqualifications. 

requisition and priced invoice. 

requisitions for medical supplies. 

reports— 

deaths....... 

witnesses to accidents..:,. w .. 

sanitary inspection of hospitals, report. u , . 

sanitary inspection of ships. 

sanitary reports. 

sanitation, supervision over. 

ships at navy-yard ports, medical supplies from .. 

sick in hospital, report of....... 

sick reports forwarded to... 

specialists, when allowed to be called in. 

statistical report..... 

supernumeraries, admission and retention of, at hospitals. 

supplies for, not purchased by Bureau of Supplies and Accounts 

surveys on medical property. 

technical schools, supervision over.,.,. 

Bureau of Navigation: 

admission and discharge of officers at hospitals, dates of. 

bad-conduct discharges. 

confidential publications. 

continuous-service certificates issued by......... 

correspondence regarding persoimel forwarded to. 

court-martial orders.. 

deaths, report of. 

discharges— 

bad-conduct...... 

court-martial sentence, report. 

Hospital Corps........ 

misconduct, report of... 

reenlisted men. 

distribution of publications. 

drill books, preparation and distribution of. 

fitnass of officers, report. 


Art. 

.... I 4740,5222 (5),5217 (17),5247 (1) 

. 1 5212,5214 

. I 003 

. R 4534 

. 1 5222 (5d),5247 (4) 

.. I 3251,5223 (5y),5247 

.,.... R 133 

. R 133 

. 1 4475,4557,5247 (10) 

.....i....... 12118 

. ....:. R 133 

i 5222 (5p),5217 (22) 
........................... R801 >>i)5 

..._;... R 133 

. I 708 

..... I 708 

.;...w. 15247(2) 

..... 15212 

. I 5222 (5n), 5247 (32) 

. I 3201 

.... R 133 

..1 3209 

. I 5222 (5e), 5247 (6) 

... I 4475,4657,5222 (5),5247.(28,29) 

. . ;j n . citti&fl. 

I 5222 (5g),5247 (23); It 2902,4562 

.... R 4563 

.. I 5212,5214 

.. I 5212,5214 

.5222 (5b),5247 

.... R 133 

.1 4475 

....... 1 3238 

. I 5247 (15) 

. R 4534 

. 1 5222 (5q),5217 (0) 

. r ..- 15247(37) 

..... I 4654 (1) 

.I 4749,5222 (5), 5247 (18,19) 

.. It 290 

t«! »»* * | . - •, i , 

.. 1 5247 (38) 

..,..... R 623 

.1713 

. It 3530 

.. 1 5325 

.„. 1 601-606 

„.. 1 5222 (5q),5247 (23) 


. R 623 

.. I 5221 (20) 

. R 3601 

.. I 5221 (20) 

.. I 5241 

. I 602 

. I 602 

1 707,5241 (8) 



























































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/ 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 


Bureau of Navigation—Continued. 

forms of procedure for courts and boards.. 

iiospital ships— 

dangers to navigation, reports.■. 

publications.it. ... ..i. 

identification record. . . 

letters of recommendation forwarded to.. 

medical surveys, reports of. t . 

officers— 

address sent to. 

register for, when visiting Washington. 

returning from sea, to report. 

transferred to or from hospitals... 

usual residence, address next of kin. 

orders involving travel, etc., copies of, forwarded to.. 

periodical physical exercises... 

permanent appointments, issue of. 

post-graduate course.... 

radio operator, efficiency reports on.. 

reports— 

charges of offenses.— 

monthly publications required... 

transfers.... 

requests for— 

duty, leave, etc.... 

purchase discharge. 

service records, blank... 

staff corps, information regarding entrance to... 

telegraphic communications addressed to. 

transfers from hospital to ship or station...... — 

uniform regulations.... 

witnesses for general courts-martial. 

Bureau of Ordnance: 

magazines, temperature of... 

publications.....i -. - 

Bureau of Steam Engineering: 

fleet engineer, reports of... 

machinery, inspection of; report. 

publications.... 

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 

compensation of general coourt-martial witnesses... 

emergency requisitions for stores. 

inspection of pay officer’s accounts, report... 

medical supplies, requisitions for.... 

public bills, filing of receipts.. .. 

publications, printing and issue of. 

quarterly balance sheets.. 

report, funeral expenses... 

requisitions, ships in navy-yard ports. 

stores ashore. 

Bureau of Yards and Docks, publications, printing and issue of. 

Burials... 

r . • it 

Cabin mess.. 

Cabinet officers, honors for.. 

Cable: 

accounts. 

address of Secretary of the Navy..-.. 

addresses, list of.. < 


Art. 

1602 

. I 5355 

.. I 604 

...I 5221 (18,20) 

.. R 331 

. R 363-305 

. I 704-706 

.. I 705 

.. I 706 

. 1 956 

... 1705 

. I 5336 

. I 709 

. R 3553 

..V R 1543 

. I 5221 

.. R 1407 

..., . I 602 

. R 3581 


.. I 5325 

. R 3001 

. I 3208 

. I 604 * 

.. I 5325 

.. 1 5247 ( 39) 

•i.».I 601,602 

.. R 745 


. I 2628 

... 1 601-606 

. I 5212 

. I 5212,5214 
... I 601-606 


.... R 42 
.... I 4472 
.... 15212 
.... I 4657 
.... I 4484 
.... I 604 
.... I 4735 
.... R 4553 
.... I 4472 
.... R 4623 
.... I 604 
R 1300,1302 
.... I 822 
.... R 1112 

.... I 5351 
.... I 5324 
.... I 5350 




















































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[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.) 


Cable—Continued. 


Art. 


communications, acknowledgment of....... I 5307,5341 

messages relayed by, addresses used in radiograms.... 1 5350 

regarding mail. 1 5432 

Cablegrams: 

acknowledgment of.;.'..... I 5341 

confirmation of..,. I 5340 

disclosure of contents of.... .............,... I 5351 

economy in use...... r ? ......... I 5345 

fust words may indicate bureau to which subject pertains..... I 5350 

how addressed. I 5350 

payment of.,.. 1 5351 

transmission over bond-aided lines. . .....,. I 5351 

Candidates, Naval Academy, admission of. I 004 

Cans, disposal of.1.... tT . I 2632 

Canvas: . . 

painted or oiled, stowage of., ... r I 2034 

surveyor. ------- — ---• .. . r . I 4735 

Captain-s: 

assignment of command..,............... ,.. r ........ It 1037 

gilt ball on pennant staffs.. ..... 1250 

Captain of the yard, yard craft, supplies for, duties (see also Navy yards).. I 1472 (7) 

Cargo, carrying of, by naval supply steamer... ,..., ...... I 4624 

Carpenter (see also Heads of departments): 

battening down hatches. rrprt .- I 2629 

classification of, as staff officers..... R 1013 

double bottoms....,....... I 2629 

draft of ship, when taken.. — v ... .. 1.2615 (5) 

lightning conductors............... 1.2629 

mechanical devices... -. -...,.......,. I 2629 

paint......... I 2702 

ports, condition of.......... I 2633 

sails, inspection of, at sea. T ... —.......— .. I 2634 

ship, condition of; report... I 2626 

spars, examination of....,.... I 2629 

surveys on material. . ..... I 4735-4750 

Casualties, investigation of.R 816,401 

Cease firing, gongs used only for designed purpose..... — .. I 2506 

Cells: 

dimensions of.... ,... —.... R 1430 

i 1 ■ 

inspection of, by medical officer.. I 2114 

marine barrack, inspection of.. : ..,.. .. I 3578 

reports of, made by medical officer. . ..... ,........... —, . R 1431 

ventilation of..... R 1429 

Cemeteries, naval, headstones for unmarked graves in.*.I 5247 (5) 

Ceremonies (see also Honors). R 1101-1321 

dispensed with by request.....t.,. R 1212 

flag officer assuming command. R 1127 

flag officer relinquishing command. R 1129 

tabular statement of. R 1143 

Ceremony, visits of..-.R 1266-1279 

Certificate-s: 

continuous service.-.R 3527 

doath, approved by fleet surgeon..I 1122 (8) 

death, supervision of medical officer.-.R 2963 

furnished by commanding officer in case inventory is not taken.R 1420 

inventor’s, officers forbidden to give.-.R 1523 

officer’s, as to periodical physical exercise. I 709 

prohibitions regarding. R 1523 

unofficial, ill health. R 2957 



























































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[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Challenge: Art. 

general court-martial members.R 702,709 

summary courts-martial members... —....:. R 611 

Change of residence, officers..... I 705 

Changes in Naval Instructions.... R 901 

Changes in Navy Regulations..I 601,602; R 901 

Changes in Rating: 

correspondence regarding.. I 5340 

record of, in continuous-service certificate......R 3530 

Changes in uniform regulations, supervision of Secretary of the Navy.-. R 901 

Changes, signal books, supervision of Secretary of the Navy— . 1 - : ..R 901 

Chaplains: 

appointment of..... .............. R 3307 

divine service, performance of.:.....—. R 2 

quarters..II 804 

rank taken by....*.• .‘IV. :'f':1 . R 1005 

Charge d’Affaires: 

honors for....R 1115 

secretaries of embassies and legations, acting as, honors for.. —.... _;..... R 1116 

Charge-s: 

barber’s, tailor’s, and shoemaker’s, executive officer to regulate.. I 2514 

exoessive, report on...... I 5349 

telegraphic......... I 5348 

telephone service at private establishments.......... I 715 

Charter: 

boats in unhealthy ports...... I 952 

ships for transportation of sick..... —.... I 953,954 

Chart-s, publication and issue of.... .... I 604 

Checks, stores afloat, payment for purohases.....I 4483 (4) 

Cheers, compliment to officer. R 1179 

Chief boatswain, classification of, as line officers (see also Boatswain)... R 1013 

Chief carpenter-s, classification of, as line officers (see also Carpenters)... R 1013 

Chief clerk-s, bureaus, signature for chief of bureau. l.'i .I 5318-5320 

Chief engineer (see also Engineer officer): 

hospital ships.....;... I 4020 

authority of, in connection with discipline.... : .___ R 2926 

Chief gunner-s, classification of, as line officers (see also Gunners)..R 1013 

Chief Justice, honors for.. R 1114 

Chief machinists, classification of, as line officers (see also Machinists)... R 1013 

Chief machinists’ mates, assignment as engineer watch officers. I 2509 

Chief nurse, female, pay of............ R 4428 

Chiefs of Bureaus: 

communications to be addressed to.... I 5322 

naval regulations, naval instructions, orders, books..;... I 601 

officers, retired, serving as.... R 1006 

orders issued by.. f ....'’..... R 901 

rank taken by....R 1006 

recommend changes in naval regulations and publications; issue of orders.I 601 

signature of papers in absence of....... .... I 5318,5320 

staff o fficers having act ed as... 1........ R 1032 

titles of.. .. . .1. .. R 1006 

Chief of Staff (see also Commander in Chief): 

authority of, absence of flag officer.. R 1044 

interchange of visits with foreign officers... R 1267 

official visits, pennant flown...... R 1251 

papers requiring action of commander in chief....... I 5335 

papers signed by direction of........... I 5317 

pennant flown by.......R 1251 

quarters. [ ....I 802-804 




















































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[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Art. 

Chief petty officers, accounts inspected..I 2618 (1) 

Chief petty officers’ mess, assignment of cook and messmen to. I 2513 

Chief sailmakers, classification of, as staff officers (see also Sailinakers). R 1013 

Chief warrant officer (see also Warrant officers): 

classification of. R 1013 

not counted as watch, officers... I 2508 

Chinaware, mess outfits, officers’, replacing of. I 828 

Chronometers, hospital ships, master to care for.. I 4017 

Christmas, observance of.. R 1289 

Circulars: 

changes in Naval Instructions, items included in.. R 901 

changes in Navy Regulations, items Included in. R 901 

information, issue of.. I 604 

issue of, by bureaus... R 901 

instructions, preparation, and publication of. I 603 

Citizens of United States, protection rendered to, by commander in chief. R 1613 

Civil engineer-s (see also Public works officer): 

appointment from civil life.:. R 3309 

contract work, eight-hour day.. I 712 

rank taken by. R 1005 

title taken by. R 1005 

Civil officers: 

entitled to salute, death of, ceremonies for. R 1296 

foreign, salutes to.. R 1193 

honorsfor. R 1111-1119 

Civil proceedings against United States, officers may not act as attorney. R 1522 

Civil Service Commission, correspondence with (see also Employees, civil).... 15309 

Civilian clothes, officers in, salutes not to be rendered. R 1140 

Civilian officers, hospital ship, classification of.. R 2923 

Claims against the United States, officer may not act as agent for. R 1522 

Classes, conduct, publishing of..I 2501 (6) 

Classification, ships.. R 1034,1035 

Clearing lower decks, master-at-arms’ duty regarding. I 2639 

Clerical errors: 

general court-martial specifications, correction of.. R 715 

summary courts-martial, specification. R 611 

Climate, precautions... I 952 

Clinical cards, forwarding of, to department. 15222 (51i), 5247 (12) 

Close aboard, definition of term. R 1153 

Clothes, disposal of...... I 711 

Clothing: 

allowances, marine prisoners.i. -. R 817 

destruction of— 

prevent spread of disease. 14750 

reimbursement for. 14750 

inspection by division officers... 11826 

inspection, regulations regarding.—.*..—.12617 (3) 

marking.... 1 1826 

selling prohibited.. 11826 

sick patient’s, cleanliness of..;. - • f 2105 

stowage of....-.I 261 7 (3) 

transfer papers to include list.-. R 3585 

Clothing and small stores: 

division officers’ duties regarding...1 1823,1824 

issues of, to— 

hospital ships.. ..-. I 4005 

men in debt. 1 182 3 

surgeon’s division. 12130 

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[I indicates Instructions: R indicates Regulations.] 

Coal: Art. 

condition when taken on board...-...... I 2616 

consumption, report of, by commander in chief.. I 916 

public bills in payment for........... I 4484 

trade name on vouchers.. —..I 4483 (3) 

Coai bags, oare and handling of...........I 2612 (2) 

Coaling bill, executive officer to prepare........i. 12501 (5) 

Coaling ship: 

leave and liberty forbidden...... R 3709 

side honors dispensed with..... R 1168 

smoking perm itted...- - I 2625 

Coast and Geodetic Survey, officers on duty under superintendent... R 1051 

Coast pilots, publication and issue of......;.. I 604 

Coast Survey, hospital service........ I 3261 

Code books, publication and distribution of.......:. I 602 

Codes: - ... a J h : r.. • astern 

use of, in telegrams.....;. I 5348 

Western Union, report on... -j ...i. I 5221 

Coffins, covering of.. R 1308 

Colliers, rating of.......*.... R 1035 

Collision: 

closing water-tight doors and hatches........ I 2506 

drills held without warning. I 2605 

quarters, signal for.. I 2506 

signal for closing doors....... I 2506 

Collision bills: 

executive officer to prepare....... 1 2501 (5), 2506 

junior line officers to keep......-.I 2501 (8) 

Colors: 

ceremony of. R 1254 

displaying of, masts not available. R 1259 

half-masting of......^... R 1255,1296,1313 

hoisting and hauling down.. R 1254,1256 

salute of, when coming over side... u . R 1171 

salutes answered by. R 1257 

salutes to foreign ensigns...'......... R 1254 

saluting or returning salutes, displaying of..i.... R 1231 

ship coming to anchor, displaying of....... R 1238 

ship getting under way, displaying of....... R 1238 

shown at daylight.... R 1258 

size indicated.............:..... R 1238 

when displayed. R 1238 

when sounded, salutes rendered by boats. R 1177 

Coining to anchor, station of all hands (see aho Entering port). R 1160 

Command: 

assumption of, by senior line officer.... R 1003 

commander in chief absent................ R 1244 

detail of......;... R 1034-1051 

exercise of, by staff officers.... R 1007 

flag officer absent.... ........ R 1244 

precedence in, of Army and Navy officers ashore....... R 1050 

responsibility for, by senior line officer......... R 1003 

ships at navy yaid.................................1916 

succession of, after flag officer’s death in battle. R 1045 

Command and rank, law and decisions concerning.... R 1061-1-1064 

Commandant (see also Navy yards): 

appeals from decisions of.............; I 5340 

arrival of ships, report of............ I 5341-5344 

assigned to command of naval districts......... R 243 
























































307 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commandant—Continued. , Art. 

boards of investigation........ t . R 316 

changes in naval regulations and publications, rccommonded by.... I 601 

clinical cards, forwarding of...I 524? (12) 

correspondence, instructions regarding...... ..... I 5310,5325,5338 ,5340 

courts of inquiry, orderly for....... R 406 

daily report of sick...„.. I 3461 

dangers, to navigation, reports....... I 5355 

doaths,roportsof.......I 5247 (28) 

decision of, appeal from........I 5340 (2) 

deck courts...........1 501-517 

departure of ship from port, report of... I 5342-5344 

descriptive cards of.. I 5247 (14,25) 

dissolute practices, suppression of. R 1 

divine service, performance of... R 2 

effects on disabled persons... I 718 

efficiency report, transfer of Hospital Corps man..I 5247 (16) 

emergency requisitions for stores....... I 4472 

employment of labor ( see also Employees, civil)..... I 231-404 

fitness of officers, report of.... I 707,5241 

health records of officers and enlisted men, forwarding of....... 1 5247 (33,34) 

Hospital Corps- 

examination report. I 5247 (35) 

members subsisted at hospitals.._.......I 5247 (11) 

hospital ticket, forwarding of...I 5247 (20) 

hospitals, admissions and discharges........ I 5247 

informal or incorrect communications not to be forwarded.. _......... I 5329 

inspections, supplies received.......... I 4678 

leave of absence for____________ R 3702 

leave of absence granted by. ...... i. ...i.i. R 3703 

medical history of officers, report on.... i .I 5247 (4) 

medical survey— ' ... 

forwarding of......... I 3221 

on personnel......... i _I 5247 (21,22) 

ordered by...... R 361 

monthly reports........i... I 5241 

officers’ periodical physical exercise.. —. — i. I 709 

oponing of official mail... ....; .... I 5322 

papers transmitted by direction of.......... I 5305 

pay officer, suspension______—......R 1420 

photographs and moving-picture films of naval subjects. ..... .. I 714 

post cards, issue of.... I 5315 

President's reception.R 1101 

quarterly reports....... -.. -. I 5241 

ration notice, persons admitted to and discharged from hospitals.;. I 5247 (26,27) 

removal of sick......*.R 3582 


reports— 

accounts signed by heads of departments. 

list of, made.. 

monthly, of publications required... 

requisitions, ships in port.. 

sanitary report.. 

semiannual reports. 

ship arriving in port, telegraphic repoit of... 

ship in ordinary... 

ships at navy yards.. . 

signature in absence of..... 

signature to be in own handwriting. 


. I 3433 

... I 5211,5247 

. I 602 

. I 4472 

. I 5247 (3,13) 

_ I 5241 (8) 

.R 1272 

........ R 216 

... I 916 

. I 5319-5320 

. I 5319 






















































308 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Commandant—Continued. ' Art. 

summary courts-martial................R 26,601-627 

survey, medical property, report of.......... ......-I 5247 (19) 

transfers, patients to and irom civil hospitals...... ...I 5247 (32) 

Commandant of naval district, assignment of.,.......- -.. R 243 

Commandants of naval stations (see also Commandants): 

hoards of investigation..... R 316 

charges of offenses, reports of.....c.... R 1407,1408 

correspondence with bureaus.......T 5339, ,5340 

destruction of infected clothing and personal effects.,.....I 4750 

employment of labor (see also Employees, civil). I 201-430 

general court-martial for stations not in the United States. .i .R 701-850 

hospital emergency cases-----—.- I 3229 

illness of, report concerning, to department.........-.... R 1045 

lea ve o f absence.„.....R 3702,3703 

medical surveys ordered by. . R 361 

orders involving travel.. . ... 1 5336 

patient remaining at hospital after sailing of ship., I 3235 

Secrotary of the Navy, reception of..•...... R 1111 

sick in hospital, weekly report.......... 1 3238 

summary courts-martial ordered by......Jiv.i...:... R 26 

survey papers, forwarding of. z-ju .1. I 3221 (3) 

Commander: ■ j 

assignment to command........... . .. R 1037 

division. (See Division commander.) 

gilt star on pennant staff......L. ....i..... R 1250 

Commander in chief (see also Flag officer): 

absence from ship indicated by signal.... R 1133 

absence of, authority_____;... .a.<j... R. 3702 

absence of, command, disposition of...:.:.i R 1244 

alterations, list of, sent to....... .......... I 5335 

annual report to department. . I 916 

approval of court-martial sentences........’. R 32 

armored cruisers in command. ........ R 226 

arrival of ships in port, report of... I 5342-5344 

auxiliaries assigned to fleet..... R 226 

boarding visits, report of........1... R 1279 

casualties and deficiencies, report on, after an engagement.I........... J 5222 (5) 

changes in naval regulations and publications; issue of orders.............. I 601 

charges of offenses______.._____ i.......... R-1408 

circulars regarding enlisted men...,..:.... ..... . I 604 

commanding officers to sign correspondence with...... I 5326 

communications concerning particular ships, forwarded by..j... I 5333 

commuting of general court-martial sentence forbidden.. R 54 

composition of court changed by signal..:.i. . I 5334 

confirmation of general courts-martial under.......... R 53 

correspondence.. I 916 

numbering of letters........ I 5310 

regarding personnel, forwarded to Bureau of Navigation... I 5325 

sent direct to Navy Department.... I 5335 

courts of inquiry ordered by..........._R 55, 403 

dangers to navigation, reports. I 5355; R 2039 

deaths of officers and enlisted men, reports of...... I 5222 (5q) 

departure of ship from port, report of----- .......... ___ ... I 5342-5344 

detachment........I 916 

detail of medical officers to vessels for sick transportation....I 953, 954 

detail of officers on foreign station........ I 955 

dissolute practices, suppression of.... : _____ R l 



















































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[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commander In chief—Continued. p Art. 

division commanders to communicate directly with (see also Division commander). I 5333 

evening muster at quarters dispensed with.I 2602 (2) 

exercises and sanitary duties, regulation of. I 902 

fitness* reports of officers...*. I 707 

flagship a battleship... R 226 

floets, organization of.* . ...., .......... R 201 

foreign stations, authority of, to designate extra prison space. R 1431 

general courts-martial. R 38, 701-850 

general duties of...----- * .I 902-956; R 1631 

health precautions..... I 952 

Hospital Corps, examination report. I 5222 (5w) 

infectious disease...*..... . . I 916 

informal or incorrect communications not to be forwarded... I 5329 

inspections-...._........... 1 908 

hospital ships, supervision of... :._i . R 2918 

hospitals... I 908 

pay officers’accounts.... 15212 

intercourse of subordinates with enemy.. R 4 

killed and wounded, report of... 1 5212 

leave of absence, authority for......... R 3702 

lotterheads...... 1 5312, 5316 

mail............................................................... 1 916 

maneuvers, participation, torpedo vessels and submarines. R 226 

medical property returns made through.. I 3255 (4) 

medical stores, survey of.......... I 4749 

medical survey on personnel, report of...I 5222 (5p) 

medical surveys-ordered by. I 1004 (1); R 361 

mitigation of general court-martial sentence. R 54, 808 

movements of ships... 1916 

murder, punishment for..-.:... R 6 

officers— .. . ... 

periodical physical exercise........ I 709 

transferred to or from hospitals......- I 956 

under arrest to surrender sword to. R 1417 


orders— 

copies of, forwarded to department------ 

involving travel........ 

organization of fleet_____—...-.— 

papers— . 

requiring action of, forwarded to Chief of Staff. 

signed by direction of....- - - 

transmitted by direction of. 

patients transferred to and from civil hospitals. 

patients transferred to hospitals, report of.. 

personal staff of... 

photographs and moving-picture films of naval subjects... 

position of flagship, when reported.. 

post cards, authorized to issuo.... 

precautions on unhealthy stations....... 

prisoners, return of, from foreign stations. 

probable movements of ships. 

public bills, filing of... 

racing cutters not to be altered... 

redress of wrongs, reports of applications. 

relief, punishment for failure to afford.— - • - -. 

remission of courts-martial sentences...- - - -. 

repairs, list of, sent to (see also Repairs). 


i. 

. I 902 

. I 5336 

. R 226 


. I 5335 

.. 15317 

. I 5305 

. I 5222 (5u) 

. I 5212 

. R 1816 

. I 714 

. I 2609 

. I 5317 

..-. I 952 

. I 955 

. I 916 

. I 4484 

. I 718 

. R 1443 

R 4 

. R 33, 54 

. I 5335 























































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[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commander in chief—Continued. 

reports..... 

forwarded to.. 

illness or disability.... 

offenses, charge of. 

submitted to. 

routine reports forwarded. 

sailing of fleet, report of. 

sanitary inspections. - . 

sanitary report.. 

sentences, summary courts-martial, remission of. 
ships— 

at navy yard (see also Ships at navy yards).. 

requirements and conditions.... 

sailing home from foreign stations.. 

signature in absence of. 

signature to be in own handwriting. 

special-service squadron. 

spies, punishment of.. 

statistical report. 

submarine flotillas assigned to command. 

summary courts-martial. 

supplies.. 

survey of medical stores.. 

telegraphic reports... 

tenders for torpedo flotillas.... 

traitors, punishment of. 

transfers of enlisted men.. 

transportation— 

by Army transports___ 

general court-martial prisoners. 

sick. 

travel orders. 

troops under command of. 

visits of ceremony. 

to Army officers. 

war duties... 

Commanding officer (see also Senior officer present). 

absence lights for... 

absence of. 

absence of officers, delegation of duties. 

absence of, succession of command. 

absentees from quarters. 

abstracts of, patients. 

accounts, men received.. 

acting appointments. 

alterations, list of, sent to commander in chief... 

anchor watch, instructions.. 

annual reports, list of... 

appeals to, referring to orders of executive officer 

applications for purchase discharge. 

approvals— 

court-martial sentences. 

station bills, etc. 

armored cruisers, rank of. 

assigning engineer officers to deck duty. 

assigning of officers to divisions..... 

assignment of. 


-;c, . Artjn 

... 1916 

.. k ... 1 5335 

.. R 1045 

.R 1407 

. I 5212 

... I 5335 

. I 5343 

. I 5212 

...I 5212 (2), 5222 (5) 

.. R 33 


( 10(181 






.... I 916 

.... I 916 

.... 1955 

I 5319, 5320 
.w. I 5319 
.... R 201 
R 5 
I 5222 (5q) 
... R 226 
. R 601-627 
... 1916 

... 1 4749 

I 5341-5351 
... R 226 
R 4 

... R 3581 




. . .. . 






ar- ‘-ufoo Icisasglo uouagtJmi 

......W..UU.:...**,. 1955 

. 13801,3803 

. 1953,954 

.. 15336 

. R 1631 

. R 1277 

. R 1277 

..*.. R 1631 

11312,1351,2614,2615; R 2044r-2124 

.. R 1141 

..1062 

.................. R 3708 

... R 3708 
. I 2602 (7) 

....i.... I 5222 (5t) 

..,... R 20 

....R 3551,3552 

......... 15335 

. 12630 

. 15221,5222 

....j. R 1063 

.,i.. R 3601 

.sqide lo td/miiovom 9kb,<foni 

...,. R 32 

...I 2501 (5) 

-. R 1037 

.....I 2509 (3) 

.Jj-....-- I 2501 (1) 

..,v...'. R 1037 





















































311 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commanding officer—Continued. 

athletic exercises, encouragement of. 

authority delegated by, to executive officer. 

authority of... 

authority of, represented by other officers. 

authority of, to inflict punishment for minor offenses. 

authority of, over officers as passengers. 

auxiliary, rank of..... 

barbers, tailors, and shoemakers’ charges regulated by.. 

battle,reports after... 

battleship, rank of.... 

bill of health, procuring of. 

blank forms, requests for.. 

binnacle list.... 4 . 

boat schedule.. w . 

boats for, insignia on bow. 

casualties, report of, after an engagement..... 

casualty report sent to Secretary of the Navy... 

changes in naval regulations and publications, issue of orders. 

circulars regarding enlisted men... 

clinical cards sent to department.. 

clothing, climatic regulations....... 

clothing and small stores, issues to men in debt. 

collision drill, inspection.. 

communication with, by officers in charge of departments. 

communication with, right of officers to hold. 

commuting of summary courts-martial sentence. 

compartments, monthly inspection. 

complaints investigated by, of misconduct of officers. 

complaints made to, referring to orders of executive officer. 

conduct reports, quarterly, from division officers.. 

confidential orders, how referred to....... 

confidential publications.. —.. 

confinement— 

enlisted persons awaiting trial. ,....,... 

men.,..... 

confinement, officers awaiting trial.. 

contagion, precautions against... 

contagious disease aboard. 

cooking utensils to be kept clean,..... 

correction of books, pay accounts, ordered by. 

correspondence— 

filing of.,...,...... 

forwarded by, when going put of commission. 

of ship.,,....... 

referred to....... 

regarding personnel.-. 

with department. 

courts of inquiry, orderly for, . 

crew- 

care of...-. 

list transmitted to Secretary of the Navy before sailing. 

records of.... 

cruiser, rank of..... -. 

dangers to navigation; reports... .. 

death certificates....— 

death of, ceremonies for.... —.., • 


•rt. 

. 1 2620 

. R 1063 

. R 1062 

. R 1062 

. R 1404 

. R 1046 

.a R 1037 

.12514(71 

. R 2061 

. R 1037 

. 11312 

. 15222(5v) 

. 12108,2619 

. 12608 

. R 1250 

. I 5222 (5j) 

. R 20 

.. 1602 

... I 604 

. I 5222 (5h) 

. I 2617 (3) 

. 11823 

. I 2605 (1) 

. R 1064 

.R 1061,1063 

. R 33 

. 12702 

. R 1404 

. R 1063 

. 11825 

. 12615 

. 1713 

. R 1426 

. R 24 

... R 1407 

. I 2617 (2) 

. R 3802 

. I 2618 (5) 

.. 14890 

. 1 5352 

. 1 5353 

. I 5326 

.. 15340 (4) 

. 15325 

15310,5328,5329,5335 
. R 406 

. R 2044 

. R 20 

. 12514 

.. R 1037 

. 15355 

... R 2120 

. R 1297 





























































312 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commanding officer—Continued. 

deaths— Art. 

aboard ship.. R 2119 

logging of... R 20,2119 

officers and enlisted men, reports of......I 5222 (5q),It 2902 

officers in charge of stores afloat........... I 4421 

deck courts.. R 501-517 

departure from port, report of...... I 5342-5344 

deprivation of liberty on shore..... R 24 

descriptive cards of persons examined for enlistment..... I 5222 (5i) 

descriptive card of persons examined for reenlistment....I 5222 (5s) 

desertion in time of war, punishment for ..............^. R 4 

desertions, logging of... ......- R 20 

destruction of clothing and personal effects, survey, report to Navy Department..... I 4750 

detachment of officer, health record. : . I 708 

detachment of officers in charge of stores afloat..... I 4421 

detail of navigator and gunnery officer to watch....I 2508 (10) 

disability certificates...1.....R 2120 

disabled men, care of.... R 20 

discharges...R 3601 

disobedience, punishment of.. R 4 

disrating, classification for....... R 619 

dissolute practices, suppression of...... R 1 

divine service, performance of...........-1. R 2 

doors, valves, etc., duties regarding....... I 2622 

efficiency report of H ospital Corps man..........^. I 5222 (5k) 

eight o'clock report... ; .... I 2626 

embarked in boats, pennant not flying...,......R 1248 

engagements in presence of senior........R 2061 

evening muster at quarters dispensed with.......... I 2602 ( 2) 

examination of gun pointers.... I 2501 (3) 

exposure of men.......-..... I 2617 

extra duties imposed......»..,..... R 24 

fire, extinguishing of...I 2609 (1) 

fire precautions.,........ I 2707 

first aid, instruction to be given at..... I 2109 

fitness report of officers.„. I 707, R 2124 

flag not flying, receiving aboard...,.. R 1156 

flagship- 

absence lights for............. ...... R 1141 

authority of, absence of flag officer.... . .....R 1044 

report of position... I 2609 

fleet staff..........-._R 1826,1828 

food and water, duties regarding....I 2618 (4) 

foreign officials, visits to..... R 1274 

forwarding of official letters.....,..., I 5326 

funeral ceremonies for.......... R 1301,1305 

general storekeeper, relief of.... I 4421 

getting under way, entries in log........ I 2615 

grounding of ship, inquiry into. R 441,442 

guard-ship reports............... I 2609 

gunboat, rank of......... R 1037 

gun crew, changes in, to be approved by. I 2501 (2) 

heads of departments detached..... R 2051 

health of crew, preservation of........... I 2617; R 20,2044 

health records....... I 2117, 5222 (5v, 5w) 

honorable discharge............R 3607 

claims for.. r 3607 



























































313 


[I indicate'; Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commanding; officer—Continued. 

honors not desired by..... 

honors to, table of.... 

Hospital Corps— 

examination report. 

instruction of..•....... 

hospital-ship ( see afoo Hospital ship).. 

absence of.....!.. 

authority of...... 

intoxicating liquors..... 

junior medical officers....... 

medical officer assigned as....-...... 

orders given by, to master.., 

rank of... 

hospital ticket....... 

hull, care and preservation of..’.. ^...... 

hull board, reports submitted by... 

identification record. 

immoral practices, suppression of. 

incorrect communications not to be forwarded. 

infectious diseases aboard... 

inflammable stores, stowage of... 

injurious punishments.•. 

inspection, preparation for... 

intelligence reports....... 

interchange of visits with foreign officers.. 

intercourse of subordinates with enemy. 

investigation of reports against officers. 

investigation of reports of misconduct..... 

irons, single or double, use of, restricted. 

irreverent behavior forbidden during divine services. 

issues of stores for sick. 

killed and wounded, report of.... 

leave granted by authority senior officer present. 

leave of absence granted by.<..... 

leaving ship, honors for. 

leaving station, punishment for.... 

letters addressed to subordinates, forwarded through. 

liberty, deprivation of, on shore.....— 

liberty for men, restrictions in number......... 

liberty lists, inspection of............. 

liberty, ports where disease is prevalent... 

lights and fires extinguished, magazines opened. 

log, changes in....-... 

loss of ship, inquiry into. 

mail.-.-.. 

marine pay accounts, transfer of.. 

matches, regulations regarding... 

mechanical appliances, weekly inspection. 

medical history, original entries sent to department.. 

medical journal forwarded to department—. 

medical officer to report regarding crew’s food. 

medical property— 

inventory of. 

survey of.. 

medical stores— 

inflammable, duties regarding. 

loss of.... 

transfer of. 


i u i a i -leoato aalbiijuaTgQ 

... R 1156 

....R 1162 

. . _ I>l£ud ’ bT/iO 'Ci item 

. I 5222 (5W), 5247 (35) 

. ..,......, 1 :.. I 2642 

.. R 2914 

.. R 2919 

.. R 2919 

.. R 2922 

.. R 2920 

... .......... R 1042 

.i....... R 2919 

. R 1037 

.....I 5222 (5n) 

..:. I 2702,2707 

. 1 5222 

.I 5221 (18,20) 

.... •. r i 

. I 5329 

. R 3802 

. I 2707 (5) 

.Jl..-*........ R 33 

. I 2608 

. I 2511 

.. R 1267 

. R 4 

. R 1406 

.. R 1428 

... R 24 

...... R 3 

. I 2120 

.. R 2061 

.. R 3705 

.. R 1063 

......_;R 1141 

....... R 4 

... :... 1 5326 

.... R 24 

............ R 3708 

. I 2624 

.I 2617 (2) 

..,. I 2607 

.. ....;. I 2615 

.. R 441, 442 

... I 916 

.I 4890 

. 1 2607 (15) 

. I 2022 

. I 5222 (5d) 

.I 5222 (5y) 

.. 12111 

.- .lev/ to Kiarioahq 

. I 2124,5222 (5a,1) 

... I 5222 (5m) 

...lo uouaaqsrir ,eaoh.r/o*Kf 

. j . I 2707 (5) 

.... 12123 

. I 2118 (2) 
























































314 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Commanding officer—Continued. Art. 

medical survey on personnel. I 5222 (5) 

medical surveys ordered by...... R 361 

men received on board. R 20 

mess- 

chief petty officers’, accounts of....I 2618 ( 1 ) 

hours for...........I 2618 (4) 

utensils to be kept clean...'..I 2618 (5) 

with flag officer... I 822 

minor offenses, punishment for, inflicted by... R 1404 

misconduct of officers.... R 1404 

monthly reports, list of...... I 5221,5222 

movement of ship, authority for, logged.. I 2615 

murder, punishment for.. R 6 

mutiny, punishment of..,...... R 4 

naval regulations and publications, recommendations for changes in. I 601,602 

new work, expedition of... I 5340 

officers— 

arrested for trial... ,_....,........ R 44 

fitness of, report....•. R 2124 

junior to, authority of to grant leave of absence. R 1063 

of the deck, authority and responsibility of. I 2508 

periodical physical exercise.. .. I 709 

reporting for duty.. R 1512 

smoking privilege..... I 2625 

opening of official mail.. I 5322 

orders— 

executed by executive officer. R 1063 

involving travel....... I 5336 

papers, disposition of, wffien going out of commission... I 5353 

parts of ship inspected by. ... R 1063 

passing in boat, honors for ....R 1155 

patients transferred to and from civil hospitals.I 5222 (5u) 

pay accounts, transfer of, made through...... I 4890 

pay division, organization and quarters of.,. I 2203 

pay officer, arrest of..... R 1420 

payment of crew r ...... R 20 

pennant flying in boat, close aboard..,. R 1153,1245 

pennant staffs, insignia on........ R 1250 

pension certificates......... R 2120 

permanent appointments... R 3553 

permission to leave ship granted by, to officers senior to executive officer. R 1063 

personal effects of disabled persons. I 718 

personnel...... I 1351 

photographs and moving-picture films of naval subjects. I 714 

physical examination of recruits, report..... I 3208 

physically disqualified continuous-service men.... R 3528 

ports, opening and closing of... I 2633 

position of ship, when reported.... I 2609 

pratique, ship arriving in port.. R 3801 

precedence over other officers..... R 1061 

presents to ships. I 4404 (1) 

prisoners of war. R 2061 

prizes taken possession of. R 2061 

property of deceased persons. R 20 

provisions, inspection of... R 20 

publications for newspapers.. R 1535 

publications forwarded by, when going out of commission.;. I 5353 

























































315 


[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commanding officer—Continued. . 

punishments... 

purchases made by fleet paymaster.. 

quarantine regulations observed by.. 

quarterly reports— 

casualties............, 

list of.... 

quarters, absentees from,..... 

quiet preserved after hours.,.. 

racing cutters not to be altered.. 

rank of......... 

rating- 

petty officer’s. 

reduction of... 

ration notice, persons admitted to and discharged from hospitals_ 

receiving ship, quarters and messing of...... 

recognition signals... 

recruits, examination of, for enlistment.. 

reduction in rating. 

registration of names. 

regulations, books, orders, distribution of..... 

rejection of stores... 

release of prisoners ordered by, on expiration of confinement. 

remission of summary court-martial sentence... 

repair ship, rank of..... 

repairs— 

correspondence concerning. 

list of, sent to commander in chief. 

reports— 

after action, to commander in chief. 

against officers, action taken.... 

charges against officers.... k . 

death or disability..... 

list of.. 

reports made to— . 

by officers senior to executive officer.. 

executive officer—.... 

sanitary condition of personnel...... 

request from crew, consideration. 

requisitions— 

cruising and receiving ships. 

stores in navy-yard port. 

responsibility over treatment of prisoners. 

restoration to duty of officer under arrest.. 

return visits by. 

rockets and powder for signaling. 

routine calls by, honors not desired. 

rules governing........ 

sailing of ship- 

crew list forwarded..— 

report of...... 

salutes returned to..... 

sanitary conditions. 

sanitary report.. 

semiannual reports, list of.. - — 

sentences, summary courts-martial injurious to health of prisoners, 

service records...-. . 

ship acting singly, communications with department,... 


. Art. 

.. R 24 

. I 4483 

.. R 3801 

. R 20 

. I 5221,5222 

. I 2002 (8) 

..I 2607 (7) 

.. 1717 

. R 1037 

. R 3551 

.... R 24 

_ I 5247 (20,27) 

. I 821 

....._ 12011 

. I 3210 

. R 24,619 

. I 5344 

. I 601-006 

. I 4482 

. R 1427 

__ __ R 33 

.. R 1037 

<wT3i [ch ieijoh; 

. I 5340 

. 1 5335 

V, QIj r KKT2Ill 

.,. I 5327 

.. R 1406 

. R 1407 

I 5222 (5); R 4562 
. I 5221,5222 

. U R 1063 

.. R 1063 

. R 2954 

. 1 2623 


. I 5222 (5e) 

. I 4472 

.. R 1427 

. R 1417 

.t. R 1275 

. I 2614 

...... R 1156 

.;. R 20 

o \u) t\$r?.'VT ••.Wr:o4 

. R 20 

. I 5343 

..... R 1222 

.. R 20 

. I 5222 (5d) 

. I 5221,5222 

.v.. R 33 

.. R 3541 

. I 5337 
























































316 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Commanding officer—Continued. Art. 

ship disabled in battle...... R 2061 

ship having only one steam launch.■...-.-.... I 2608 

ship in ordinary............ R 216 

ships in navy-yard ports— 

emergency services for, duties regarding....•... I 4472 

requisitions for stores...—-........;-... I 4472 

ships meeting, information exchanged....... —. I 2612 

ships not in United States service, pennants not displayed by....R 1247 

ships other than flagships...... 1.2613 

ships out of commission..... R 216 

ships without pay officers. I 4951 

sick, daily report of.........•...... I 2107 

sick leave for officers..•... R 3707 

sick men, care of.. —.. ; ...... R 20 

signal books and codes.........:........ I 2613 

signal rockets, number of...-....... I 2614 

signals between ships..•.. —... I 2611 

signature in absence of....... I 5319-5320 

signature to be in own handwriting..... I 5319 

sleeping on watch, punishment for...... R 4 

smoking regulations...... I 2512,2625 (2) 

solitary confinement...... 1 ... R 24 

special allowance of monthly money—........ R 3669 

spies, punishment of.. . . .......i.. R 5 

statistical report.: I 5222 (5g) 

storerooms, inspection of..-...■ —.......... R 1063 

stores afloat- 

inspecting board.. I 4482 

rejectionof..... —....I 4482 

striking superior officer, punishment for............ R 4 

subordinates to send correspondence to, unsealed...;......... I 5329 

summary courts-martial (see aZso-Summary court-martial)....... R 601-627 

'■■■' ordered by......-......v.............•....... R 26 

rank of members and recorder. >.. R 27 

Sunday inspection, not to hold........... ; ...... I 2602 ( 7 ) 

Sunday, performance of divine service on....*........ R2 

supplies exempt by law from advertisement, requisitions for......._.............___ I 5222 ( 5 t) 

surrender of sword by officer under arrest.. .*................. 1... R 1417 

surveys, material.... I 4735,4749,4750 

suspensions— 

officers awaiting trial........_^ . R 1407 

officer of Pay Corps.........R 1420 

tactical books, regulations—.....-.. .._ -1 .... 1 2613 

telegraphic reports........•..... I 5341-5351 

temporary division commander, division pennant not flown by.. .........._ R 1246 

temporary, punishment by..... ; ...... R 25 

temporary release by, of accused officer.......:_ .... .... R 1410 

torpedo vessels (see also Torpedo vessels)— 

accounts.. —.......I 

excess issue of rations............ :..... I 

money accounts............... ; .. j 

monthly ration record......... : .. 1 


rank of...-..... ........ R 


4951 

4549 

4951 

4549 

1037 


subsistence for crews.......j 4549 


traitors, punishment of. 


-.. ..... R 4 

travel orders.............. 1 5335 

treason, punishment of... 4 ........ r 4 


























































317 


Art. 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Commanding officer—Continued. 

unfit men, medical officer to recommend survey.. I 2102 

uniform of the day, duty in prescribing............. I 2617 

unofficial visits in boats.... R 1248 

unserviceable and insanitary articles, survey of...... I 4735 

. vaccination of crew.....1..... I 2103 

visited by officer on joining ship...R 1271 

visiting ship, honors for...1.1....1_..1......... R 1142 

war, duties.1...1 . R 2061 

wardroom officers, visits by..... R 1268 

watch duty,regulation of.......... I 2507 

weekly report, descriptive card of person examined for original enlistment.I 5222 (5) 

Commercial agent, honors for (see also Consular agent).... R 1117 

Commercial traffic, punishment for..1... R 8 

Commissary duties of supply officer (see also Pay officer): 

messes, extra issues for night watches...1...I 2618 (7) 

general duties......11.....V.. I 2203 

submesses, changes in.......,. I 2618 (6) 

Commissary stewards, drills, excused from........'. I 2605 (4) 

Commission pennants: 

flying of..I........... R 1236 

not flown from ships not in United States service..... R 1247 

size indicated...... 1....... R 1238 

survey of........ 1 4735 

Commissioned officers (see also Officers): 

death of, ceremonies for___....._1.1.1.... 1... R 1297 

title designated by.1.1.1.1....... R 1001 

Commissioned warrant officers (see also Warrant officers).....1..... R 3201,3202,3236 

authority of.........1........ 1..................11 R 1015 

precedence taken by..V. ..1___ 1.... 1 .V..“.... R 1013 

rank taken by.. R 1013 

titles of...... r 1013 

Committees of Congress: 

honors for.1.1.1.IV-1.......11..Y... R 1114 

information put before..1.V........1....... R 1518 

Commodore-s: 

boats for, insignia on bow.. ...1.11.....11........-... R 1249 

insignia of rank on pennant staff. 111.111.1111.111.1 — ..1.. .... .1.. . R 1249 

rank taken by.11.1.........__1_11111..".....1.1...—-- R 1002 

Communications (see also Correspondence): 

incorrect, not to be forwarded.......1... 1...V I 5329 

telegraphic, with Navy Department............. I 5324,5325 

to Congress, method of........ R 1517,1518 

Commutation of quarters, officers..— R 4513 

Commutation of rations, female nurses.. ..1.1 — 11V....R 4428 

Commuting of sentence: 

general court-martial, forbidden....1..... 1....... R 54 

summary court-martial, forbidden........ R 33 

Compartments, inspection of..1........... I 2702 

Compass-es: 

boxing of, instruction of men in..... —.. I 2505 

hospital ships, master to care for.... I 4017 

manual, issue of........ 1604 

Compensation, employees, civil, injury to...I 391,392 

Competitive drills, information published concerning..... 1 2501 (6) 





















































318 


[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Complaints: Art. 

combination of officers for, forbidden..... R 1515 

misconduct, inquiry into, by commanding officer.... R 1404 

reports made by officers with reference to............ R 1405 

right to make...... R 1063 

statements made by officers with reference to... R 1405 

Complements: 

organization of sh ip’s...... I 2501 

reduced, organization of............... I 2505 

vacancies, request for filling......... I 5340 

Compliments, cheers not to be given officers...... R 1179 

Comptroller of the Treasury, telegraph and cable accounts...1... I 5351 

Computation of distances, discharge of enlisted men. ..... R 3606 

Concealed diseases, medical officer’s duties in connection with... R 2955 

Condemned surgical instruments, disposition of.... I 2122 

Conduct, distinguished, special reports on.........I 707 (7) 

Conduct book, entries made in.... R 3671 

Conduct classes...................I 2501 (6) 

Conduct report: 

quarterly, by division officers..... 11825 

to be posted for crow... I 2501 (6) 

transfer papers to include...1... R 3585 

Confidential bulletin on public works........ I 604 

Confidential, fitness reports to be.... I 707 

Confidential information: 

marine examining board..... I 3668 

restrictions regarding........ R 1534 

Confidential publications....... I 713 

engineering...!........ 1604 

forwarding of.......I 711,5353 

Confinement: 

awaiting trial.. R 1416,1426 

date of, to be entered in ship’s log.... R 1433 

diminished rations, medical certificate, when required..... R 621 

imposed by summary courts-martial... R 30 

intoxicated men... R 1431 

master-at-arms’ duties... I 2626 

officer awaiting trial... R 1407,1419 

on bread and water, restrictions in.... R 619 

Confirmation: 

general court-martial sentence... R 53 

telegraphic messages..... I 5346 

Conflicting orders, execution of...R 1513,1514 

Congress: 

committee of, honors for...... R 1114 

# „ • 
communications and petitions to, method of sending...R 1517,1518 

Consolidation of reports....... I 5201 

Construction of ships: 

detailed statement to be made by each bureau concerning......... R 172 

duties of medical department in connection with...... R 2901 

specifications for.... 7. . I 2922 

Construction officer, navy yards, inspection of supplies received.7.7'... I 4678 

Constructors, superintending, manual for................. I 604 

Consul general: 

honors for......R 1117 

rank of. 1.7..1.7.7'7‘J.. . ..77__ R 1118 

Consular flag, flown for consular representatives. R 1263 


















































319 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.! 

Consular officer: 

boats for visits furnished to. 

death of, ceremonies for...*.. 

flags flown in boats... 

passage in ships of the Navy. 

visits to, by naval officers in foreign ports... 

Consular service, officers entering. 

Contagion, precautions against. 

Contagious diseases: 

deprivation of liberty to men afflicted with..... 

outbreak on board ships..... 

Contempt: 

courts of inquiry may punish.. 

general courts-martial may punish. 

punishment for.... 

Continuous-service certificate... 

exchange for, of honorable discharge.... 

issue of, by Bureau of Navigation... 

transfer papers to include..... 

Continuous-service men: 

physical disqualification of.... 

reenlistment of...... 

selection as petty officers.. 

Contracting debts, restrictions regarding.... 

Contractors, gratuities from, forbidden...;.. 

Contracts: 

emergency, ship at navy-yard port. 

officers’ messes...... 

purchases of supplies............. 

telephone service at private establishments..... 

transportation of enlisted men. 

Contradictory orders, execution of...1...... 

Convening authority: 

approval of court-martial sentences. 

general court-martial.... 

summary court-martial....... 

Conveyance, public, papers forwarded by.. 

Convoy service, punishment for misconduct. 

Cooks: 

assigned to pay division...... 

drills, excused from.... 

rating of......... 

Cordage, survey of....-.... 

Corrections: 

officers invited to make suggestions as to... 

regulations, orders, etc., how recommended. 

Correspondence (see also Mail)... 

accounts... 

acknowledgments... 

addressing of.:..'.... 

appeals, to whom addressed... 

arrangement of sheets. 

body of letter... 

changes of rating........ 

Civil Service Commission.... —.. 

commandants with bureaus..'.. - 

commanding officers. 

commercial firms. 

conducted by telephone or orally, reduced to writing... 


Art. 

. .. R 1273 

. R 1312 

......... R 1253 

.. it 1119 

.. R 1273 

... R 1533 

. I 2617 (2) 

. R 3670 

. R 3802 

. R 57 

. R 42,724 

... R 3 

. R 3527 

. R 3529 

. R 3530 

......... R 3585 

. R 3528 

. R 3527 

. R 3551 

.. R 1508 

. R 1521 

.. I 4472 

.. 1825 

. I 4654 

... I 715 

. I 603 

.... R 1513,1514 

. R 32 

.: R 701,812,848 

. R 620-622 

......... I 5353 

R 8 

. I 2203 

.. I 2605 (4) 

. R 3551 

. I 4735 

.. I 601 

. I 601 

. I 5301-5355 

. I 5309 

. 15307,5310 (2) 

... I 5322 

. I 5323 

. I 5313 

.I 5312 (17) 

. I 5340 

. I 5309 

_ I 5339,5340 

I 5310,5326,5329 
...... I 5340 (3) 

.. 1 5306 





















































320 


[I indicates Instructions; it indicates Regulations.] 

Correspondence—Continued. 

dangers to navigation, reports... 

definitions of naval terms. 

dictating. 

diplomatic subjects..- 

erasures and interlineations. 

executive departments. 

filing of. 

fleet or squadron.... 

foreign languages, documents in. 

foreign stations, duplication. 

forms prescribed. 

formula “by direction of”... 

forwarded through Division of Operations. 

forwarding of. 

Hydrographic Office, reports... 

important...... 

important orders, copies of. 

improperly sent. 

inclosures.. 

indorsements. 

indorsement of telegrams. 

international. 

leave, duty. 

letter to be answered by separate letter. 

letterheads..... 

letters to be referred when necessary... 

letters written at sea. 

list of cable and telegraphic addresses. 

mail. 

matters of interest to other executive departments. 

movements or condition of ships. 

naval terms, definitions of.. 

navy yard. 

new work, shipment. 

night messages, use of. 

official- 

must be courteous. 

opened upon receipt by officer actually in command. 

orders involving travel. 

orders to be acknowledged. 

paper used for. 

paragraphing. 

pensions.. .,- r . 

personal telegrams.... 

post cards.... 

questions of jurisdiction referred to Navy Department. 

radiograms. 

receipt, date of, recorded on document.:. 

receiving ships... 

t record of. 

references. 

relating to personnel forwarded to Bureau of Navigation. 

reports. 

requests for filling vacancies. 

( . f routine, reports... 

rules governing, in fleet. 

Secretary of the Navy.,...._ 

separate letters to be written on separate subjects. ’..... 


.Art. 

. I 5355 

.. I 5354 

. I 5301 (2) 

.. I 5330 

. I 5310 (3) 

.. I 5309 

. I 5310,5352 

... I 5333 

. X 5310(3) 

. I 5331 

..I 5312-5316 

. I 5317 

.. I 5324 

.. I 5305 

. I 5355 

. I 5314 

. I 5336 

.. I 5329 

..I 5312 (14) 

I 5307,5312,5313,5316 

. I 5349 

. I 5324 

.. I 5325 

. I 5307 

. I 5312,5316 

. I 5308 

. I 5312 (5) 

. I 5350 

. I 5314 

. I 5330 

. I 5324 

. I 5354 

.. I 5340 

.. 1 5340 (3) 

.. I 5349 

.'. I 5802 

... 15322 

. 15336 

. I 5307 

. 15311 

.I 5312 (18) 

. 15309 

. 15349 

. 15315 

.. 15303 

.. 15346,5347 

. I 5310 (2) 

.. 15340 

..... 15352 

.. 15312 

. 15325 

. 15327,5332,5335 

.. 15340 

.. 1 5335 

.. I 916 

.. I 5328 

. 15307 




























































321 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Correspondence—Continued. 

service records... 

ship’s, addressed to commanding officer. 

ships at navy yards. 

ships going out of commission. 

ships separated from commander in chief. 

signature of______ 

Signatures in absence of chief of bureau. 

spacing........ 

stamps, use of...______ 

style of writing reports, etc. 

subordinate officers.. 

summary court-martial records forwarded direct_ 

tables, sketches, etc. 

tactics, definition... 

telegrams. 

telegraph or cable communications, acknowledgment of. 

telegraphic messages to Navy Department. 

terms,naval, definitions of.... 

transfer of men. 

typewriting of. 

unnecessary, prohibited..... 

urgent............. 

Cotton waste, stowage of.... 

Counsel: 

courts of inquiry, allowed... 

summary courts-martial, for accused._. 

Counterfeiting of signature, punishment for. 

Courtesies, correspondence..... 

Courts, forms of procedure for, subjects included in. 

Courts of inquiry. 

accidents, investigations of. 

addressing the court, permission for.. 

adjournment. 

authentication of proceedings. 

casualty investigation. 

challenge of members. 

change of signal in composition of.i. 

complainant, presence of. 

conclusions, report of... 

constitution of-. 

contempt punished by. 

convening authority... 

corps of members. 

counsel allowed.. 

criminality investigation. 

defendant, presence of. 

defendant’s examination of witnesses. 

defendant’s testimony. 

defense offered by defendant. 

dissolution of. 

evidence, how taken. 

facts defined. 

grounding of a ship, inquiry into. 

indicated by jack. 

inefficiency investigated by. 

interpreter of. 

introduction of parties. 


Art. 

. 15309 

. 15326 

. 15338 

. 15353 

. 15335 

. 15317 

. 15318 

.. 15312(18) 
.. 15312(21) 

. 15301 

. 15304 

. 15333 

. 15301 

... 15354 (6) 
.. 15341-5351 

. 15307 

.. 15324,5325 

. 15354 

. 15340 

. 16310 

. 15301 

. 15314 

. 12707 

O riSteiJ 

. R 416 

. R 611 

. R 14 

. 15302 

. R 901 

... R 401-442 

. R 401 

. R 423 

... R 408,704 
.... R 60,226 

. R 401 

. R 416 

. 1 5334 

. R 416 

. R 407 

... R 401-409 

. R 57 

. Ii 55 

. R 404 

. R 416 

. R 401 

. R 418 

. R 421 

. R 421 

. R 421 

. R 429 

. R 420 

. R 407 

... R 441-442 

. R 1239 

. R 401 

. R 417 

.. R 416 


96220—17-22 

























































322 


[l indicates instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Courts of inquiry—Continued. . ^ Art. 

-.1 judge advocate...... R 409 

loss of life....>.....i.....i'ji. R 401 

loss of ship....,..... R 441,442 

members, rank and corps of...... jo....... R 404 

membership of..............;d».ciAu.-.JCiu>..Iiw. R 56 

negligence,investigation of...........i..... R 401 

oath for judge advocate............_ n .... R 58 

oath for members.................. R 58 

oaths administered by___,_____ 'i . R 57 

object of..........R 401-409 

officer, when defendant, need not be arrested....o.... R 418 

* open or closed court, deciding of____ j ______j. R 416 

.< opinions not disclosed.....R 57,428 

orderly for.,____________.. R 406 

powers. R 57 

precedence of members........... R 1061 

precepts read.... ..i___o_ R 416 

i president, duties of.................. R 408 

procedure of...... R 416-430 

proceedings— . 

authentication of----,----R 426 

t! forwarded by........ R 430 

not given participants........___.............._..._, R 422 

uses of, for evidence before courts-martial.R 60,745 

rank of members.......ji;... R 404 

reduction in number of members.... i .■.......... R 405 

report... I 5332; R 425 

reporter of______.___:.. R 417 

results, report of....e............ R 407 

revision of proceedings...... R 427 

running aground.....iv. .:. R 441,442 

shipwreck, inquiry into..—... jo.... R 441,442 

signature of proceedings.. R 426 

subpoenaing of witnesses........ R 42,419 

swearing, of members...:..... R 408,409 

swearing of witnesses.......,.. R 419 

testimony delivered before. j _____o.-n... .R 419 

testimony of defendant... R 421 

transactions of business...... R 408 

. when convened... R 403 

witnesses, examination of........... R 59,419 

witnesses, swearing and warning of..... R 419. 

Courts-martial (see also General courts-martial; Summary courts-martial; Deck courts): 

deprivation ofliberty pursuant to sentence of..... R 3670 

discharges, report of.1 1 5221 (20) 

forms, preparation, and distribution of...I 601-000 

imprisonment foriifeimposed instead of death penalty...,.... R 7 

orders— 

' i l composition of.. . ... R 901 

items included in... R 901 

preparation, issue, etc.-a..I 601-606 

precedence of members. R 1061 

president to report on fitness of officers....... I 707 

punishments.. R 4,8,14 

records forwarded direct to Judge Advocate General...i... I 5333 

report of, by commander in chief...;... I 916 

right of officers to demand..... R 1421 

Crew and petty officers..!......, R 3401,3402 

























































323 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Crew: Ait. 

discharge of, Naval Auxiliary Service./.. R 1031 

examination of, by medical officer on commissioning..... . ... I 2102 

executive officer to know.... I 1402 

gun (sec also Gun crew).......... 1 2501 (2) 

hospital ship...... I 4001-4020 

classification of.................. I a ........ R 2923 

composition of......_..... R 2914 

instruction of....... I 2506 

members of, allowed to draw monthly money..... R 3669 

orders and information to be posted for...... I 2501 (6) 

provisions for, medical officer to inspect.... I 2110,2111 

report book, how kept..:.... I 2514 

restricted lists to be published to crew.:.-...... I 2501 (6) 

small arms, use of, taught........v..I 2505 (5) 

shipping of, for Naval Auxiliary Service........ —... R 1036 

smoking regulations.............. I 2512 

statements to commanding officer.v.__......... i ....... I 21523 


station billets for.r.v.v.... —.. . . 

stationing of, supervision of executive officers.... 

torpedo........ 

vacancies in, report of........ 

Vaccination of .....v. 

Crimes: 

committed on shore, report of..........— 

punishments for.... 

Criminality, suspicion of, investigated by court of inquiry 

Criticisms, restrictions regarding.... — 

Cruelty, to subordinates, punishment for. 

Cuba, service in, equivalent to sea duty... 

Cutters, racing, alterations prohibited .... 

Daily conduct, reports, posting of....... 

Daily routine, reports posted.... 

Danger, report of, to flag officer... 

Dangers to navigation: 

Hydrographic Office, report to... 

merchant marine informed of..•- — 

Date stamps, use of.-. 

Day letters, use of..... —..... 

Day’s duty.- - - -.. - • - • • • 

Dealings: 

in supplies, punishment for. 

with enlisted men, prohibitions regarding. 

Death-s: 

aboard ship..-.- -.*•. 

at sea..-. : .- 1 - 1 - 

ceremonies for.*-..- - -. 

certificates, supervision of medical officer. 

court of inquiry..-.•-. 

disposition of effects. 

employees, civil..- -. 


. I 2501 (4) 

.. R 1063 

.......... I 2501 (2,7) 

.. I 5221 

. I 2103 

x v . -v. •. • 


, . . . - -0 ; '1a-'; 

... aioifv.' 

no: ■ tfi.. Aiicdltf 


ill: 


10 


R 1506 
... R 1504 
... R 401 
... R 1534 
R 8 
... 1710 

... 1717 

1 2501 (6) 
I 2501 (6) 
... 12609 


ftm 


mooauc 



1 5355 

... I 5355 

. I 5312 (21) 

......... 15349 

I 2508 

. loiatvicxn 


.. R 11 

R 1524 

R 2119 

.. R 1300 

...... R 1296-1313 

I 1122 (8); R 2903 

R 316 (1), 401 (2) 

.. R 2119 

.. I 391,392 


entry in— 

log..-. 

service record...-.- -. 

flag officer commanding, succession to rank after 

funeral expenses.-. -... 

general officer of Army or Marine Corps. 

gratuity amounts in case of.....-. 

inquest board of.... 


. R 20,2119 

. R 3522 

. R 1044 

........... R 4551-4553 

.. R 1311 

....a .. R 4551 

.... R 821 






































































324 


[I indicates Instructions;;' R indicates Regulations!] 


Death-s—Continued. 

investigation of.....— 

officer. .... .. 

officer in charge of stores afloat. 

officer in command, succession of command. 

penalty replaced by imprisonment for stated term 

report of.... 

sentence, general courts-martial cases. 


Art. 

. R 321 

I 713,5222 (5q); R 1310,4551 

...I 4421 (4) 

.. R 1062 

.. R 7 

I 910,5247 (23); R 2902,4502 
.... R 4,50,53 


Debt-s: 

enlisted men to avoid... 

officers’ messes.—. 

restrictions in contracting... 

Deceased persons. 

accounts. 

effects, disposal of. 

property of.. 

Deck-s, clearing lower, master-at-arms, duties regarding.. 

Deck c ourt-s. 

appeals of aooused. 

assent of aooused to trial by. 

Civilian witnesses to appear before. 

commuting of sentence forbidden. 

constitution of. 

contempt of court cases. 

convened by whom. 

convening authority, action of. 

delays of trial... 

depositions, use of. 

discharges not adjudged by. 

findings of. 

loss of pay. 

pleas, not guilty... 

powers of..-. 

previous oo nviotions submitted. 

procedure of. 

punishments by. 

rank of members. 

record of proceedings. 

records forwarded to Judge Advocate General. 

recorder of. 

sentences— 

execution of... 

mitigation of. 

remission of. 

subpoenaing of witnesses. 

testimony before. 

Deck duty: 

ensigns assigned to. 

instructions governing..... 

regulation of... 

Deck log. (Sec Log.) 

Deck officers, hospital ships, duties of. 

Defect-s, fitting out... 

Delegation of authority by officers... 

Delivery, less property than receipted for, punishment for 

Dental Corps, Navy.. 

Dental officers, general duties of... 

Dental property, responsibility for. 


....I 2017 (3) 
...... 18258 

. R 1508 

.. R 4551-4553 

. R 4552 

.. 12637 

_ R 20 

. 12639 

_R 501-517 

. R 516 

. R 506 

. R 517 

. R 512 

. R 502 

. R 510 

. R 501 

.... R 504,513 

. R 507 

. R 517 

. R 502 

. R 511 

_ R 502,515 

. R 510 

. R 502 

. R 508 

. R 509 

. R 502 

. R 503 

. R 511 

. R 516 

. R 505 

. R 32 

. R 512 

. R 512 

. R 517 

. R 510 

. 12510 

. 12508 

. 12507 

. 14019 

. 12101 

. R 1062 

. R 14 

... R 2987-2995 

. R 2991 

. R 2995 




























































11 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations*] 


Dental surgeons, acting, appointments as... 

Department-s: 

heads of. (See Heads of departments.) 

Medical, general duties of............ 

Hfiry 

Department of Justice, violation of eight-hour law reported to.. 

Departure from ship: 

senior officers, reports of, by officer, of the deck to executive officer. 

Departure of vessels, reports of.. 

Deposit-s, officers not to accept, from enlisted men. 

Depositions: 

deck courts, use of.*. 

summary court-martial, use of. 

Deprivation of liberty, imposed by summary courts-martial... 

Descriptive card, persons examined for enlistment. 

Descriptive lists, medical officer to verify... 

Descriptive muster roll. (Sec Muster roll.) 

Deserter-s: 

enlisting of, forbidden........ v . 

harboring, punishment for.*. 

personal effects, disposal of.......,. 

Desertion-s: 
entry in- 

log.... 

i service record..... ....... 

general courts-martial, trials for....... 

hospital ships. 

Marine Corps.... 

. time of peace.................... 


time of war........ 

Desirable repairs, definition of... 

Destroyers. (See Torpedo vessels.) ■■ ■ ■ < 

Detached duty: 

definition for rendering of honors.'..... 

• fitness reports of officers on..... 

meaning of...... -, ; . 


Art. 

. R 2987 

•s-Jeoflio r qlflL 

htil i\ '?(f JjJ 

. R 2901,2902 

. R 101-105,133,157 

.. 1712 

..... R 1003 

. I 5342,5344 

. R 1524 

... R 517 

... R 627 

. R 24,3670,30 

. 15222 (5), 5247 (14) 

. 12102 

.loido f r i • obfioou ,r>o 


. R 19 

. It 8 

... - 12637 

. id .hiinam 

.... R 20 

. R 3544 

R 7 46 

. 14007 

. I 3551,3552 

.............. R 8,62 

.................. R 4 

• .. if 1 4301 

ubft'.i! ,-mifto boltf.se :CI 
,»co?i9q belcfe&KX 
.................. R1J59 

.*.. 1707 

.................. 1 826 


officers on— . 

periodical physical exercise... . .. I 700 

mess bill....... ...* . I 826 

service in boats not regarded as.....-... R 1529 

Detaching apparatus, lifeboats........ 12502 

Detachment-s: 

commander in chief.....-.... I 916 

heads of departments, inspections by...-..- - -. R 2051 

officers— .. ... ; 

fitness report upon....- —.- ..- — I 707 

in charge o f storos afloat.-.i — I 4421 

on general oourt-martial duty.. - R 727 

pay officers.... -.-.. • I 4421 

Detail-s: 

applications for. R 1525 

command.........V>- 4 .R 1031-1051 

commanding officer of hospital ship.—.. R 2914 

duty.*..... R 1031-1051 

officers, Board of Inspection and Survey, forwarded through Navy Department... R 157 


Diet: 

hospitals.. 

unhealthy port 


lljfj T'l 

I 3232-3233 
... I 952 
















































[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.] 

Art. 

Dip, answering of....*.*.... R 12,c >~ 

Diplomatic officer-s: 

boats for visits furnished to..-. R 1273 

death of, ceremonies for.....-. R 1312 

foreign, salutes to............R 1193 

honors for... R 1115-1118,1119 

jack displayed in boats.. R 1253 

passage in ships of the Navy..R 1H9 

salutes to, ensign displayed.•.R 1231 

visits to, by naval officers...*•. R 1273 

Diplomatic Service, officers entering. R 1533 

Diplomatic subjects, correspondence on, forwarded in duplicate.. I 5330 

Dipping colors, restrictions in. R 1196 

Director of Target Practice, receipts for confidential publications. I 713 

Disability: 

commandant of naval station........ R 1045 

commander in chief. R 1045 

discharge for....'. I 3236 

employees .civil...........I 391,392 

existing prior to enlistment............ I 3204 

line of duty......... 1709 

mental, discharge for. R 3601 

officers— 

causes for, report of... I 708,709; R 341 

in command.......R 1062 

on detached service, reports to department concerning..R 1045 

physical— 

contracted in line of duty, retirement of officers.... R 331 

discharge for........-..... R 3601 

marine officers.. —... —........... I 3662 

recruits.......... R 3523 

Disabled officer, transfer from hospital to Naval Home optional..'.. I 3221 (2) 

Disabled persons, personal effects of... I 718 

Disbursing officer, accounts {set- also Pay officer)......:...... I 5261 

Discharge-s............. R 3601-3617 

disability, recommendation of survey....... ....... .. I 3236 

dishonorable. 13551*, R 817,3801 

enlisted men, transportation allowed....'.....R 3606 

enlisted men, with permanent and acting appointments..... R 3615 

entry in, service record-.-....... R 3544 

honorable... ........ ...-........... R 3607 

Hospital Corps.; R 3601 

hospital ships... 1 ..... I 4007 

medical survey..........R 3500 

misconduct, report of.. I 5221 (20) 

report of, by commander in chief.-...•.*..... I 916 

yeoman.;. ------ ...............;. R 3605 

Discipline: 

report of, by commander in chief...... 1 945 

troops embarked, responsibility for, of commander in chief. R 1531 

Disease-s: 

concealed, duties of medical officer in connection with... r 2955 

contagious, precautions against.....v.’. 1 !..I 2617 (2) 

destruction of clothing and personal effects to prevent spread of... 1 4750 

infectious, on ships........ ...; _..... T 916 

prevention of.... I 1351; R 2955 























































[I indicates instructions'; H indicate? Regulations.] 


Dismissal: 

arrest^f offenders after. 

officers...... 

Disobedience, punishment of......1.. 

Dispensaries: 

medical officer to inspect at fitting out... 

pharmacist stationed in, at all hands....... 

supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery_ 

Disrating s: 

classification for...7.......... 

incompetency.. .7..7......7. 

Disrespect, punishment for.'.•. 

Disrespectful language, checking'of.'. .7. 

Dissolute practices, suppression of. 

Distances, method of computing upon discharge...... 

Distilled liquors on board ship.'. .... 

Distinctions (see also Honors)..7.... 

Distinguished conduct, officers, special reports,on.... 

Distress signals.7.77—. —'.. 

Distribution: 

forces included in strategy....1... 

regulations, orders, etc.......... 

ships, monthly report of... 

Districts, naval.... 

Disturbances, suppression of, by senior line officer.... 
Divine service: 

irreverent behavior forbidden..... 

smoking prohibited... 

.unbecoming behavior forbidden. 

Division-s: 

arrival in port, report of.. 

departure from port., report of. 

drills. 

fleet, battleships in.. 

inspection of..... 

Navy Department. 


. Ar? '- 

... . R 14 

....I 713; R 30,37,53 

....... R 4 

' 

. 7....... I 2101,2104 

....I 2532 

.... ...........7 .. R 133 

... •■■■ ' 

... R 019 

..... R 31 

........ R 8 

.. R 1519 

. R 1 

. R 3600 

..... 1 827; R 13,1530 

..R 1101-1321 

••• :•...... 1707 

.. - a 41 

..._ '... I 5354 (5) 

..,... 1602 

.. 1916 

.. R 242,243 

R 1412 

..■ a !-'1o fi;>ijiijrioo 1 > slriom&vit.'d 

........................................ R 3 

. I 2625 

... R 3 

.. .. . ..m bobufsniartot'hva 

—.. jr,............ I 5343 

. ;j. 1 5343 

..-. !.....7.................J 2604 

. R. 226,227 

. I 2002 (4) 

. : ; jgi 


( navy yard, correspondence forwarded to.....„..- I 5340 

officers and men assigned to. I 2602 (3,4) 

organization and assignment of.. I 2501 

pay..... I 2208,4483 (5) 

Division commander (see also Commander in chief; Senior officer present; Flag officer): 


annual report, signal hooks and Western Union code 

arrival of ships in port, report of. 

boilers, condition of; report. 

correspondence. — 

courts of inquir y ordered by... 

departure of ships from port, report of.... 

fitness of officers; report..... 

inspections...- —.. 

kille,d and wounded; report... ..... 

list of reports submitted to...... 

, machinery, inspection of; report..... 

mail. .... 

medical survey reports. r 

not flag officer, division pennant not flown by....... 

official calls.... 

pay accounts, inspection of. 

quarterly report, inspection oi pay officers’ accounts. 


.. 15213 

. I 5342-5344 

... I 5214 

....... — ... I 916 

............ R 403 

........ 1 5342-5344 

.1707 

.s.......... 1908 

.. I 5214 

15214 

.'.... 15214 

... I 916 

. 1 1004 (1), 4749 

.. R 1246 

.. 11004 

. I 5214 

. I 5214 

























































328 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Division commander—Continued. Art. 

reports... I 5214,53135 

routine reports forwarded to... I 5335 

sailing of division, report of.... I 5343 

sanitary inspections of ships and hospitals; report. I 5214 

sanitary report of station.... I 5214 

semiannual report, steam machinery and boilers, condition of. I 5214 

ships at navy yard. I 916 

signature in absence oi.I 5319-5320 

suggestions for improvement..... I 910 

summary courts-martial records.... R 601-027 

temporary, division pennant not flown by.*. R 1240 

Division engineer: 

list of reports submitted by... I 5214 

machinery, inspection of; report. I 5214 

Division of Inspections (see also Aid for inspection)... R 157 

sanitary report submitted to... I 3259 

Division of Material, reports of courts or boards, accidents (see also Aid for material). I 5333 

Division of Operations (see also Aid for operations): 

code books. I 602 

confidential publications. I 713 

correspondence to be addressed through.... I 5324 

drill books.... I 601-606 

filing of copies of all publications......... I 606 

fitness report of officers on detached duty.... I 707 

movements or condition of ships.,..,. I 5324 

Navy Regulations, Naval Instructions, orders, books, etc...:...I 601-606 

report of courts or boards, accidents...... 1.5332 

signal books and Western Union Codes....1.. I 602 

sections included in. R 105 

Division of Personnel: 

drill books...............I 601-606 

general duties of..... R 133 

reports of courts or boards on accidents, etc.;.. I 5332 

sanitary reports...: ...... 12127 

Division officer-s: 

assignment to divisions.... . I 2501 

assignments to staterooms..... j 304 

battery— 

drills..-.. 12004 

inspection..... I 2602 (4) 

cleanliness, rules governing.... I 2617 (5) 

clothing and small stores, inspection and issue of.... . . 11323 ,2617 

compartment inspection...... j 2702 

conduct of men... I 1825 

disrating, classification for.....<;i 9 

double bottoms..... 1 2702 

fire bill, duties regarding... 11822 

first aid, instruction in....... I 2641 

general duties of........ 1 1S22-1827 

inspections by.»...I 2602 (4), 2702 

inspection of clothing and small stores when drawn. ; ... 11824 

inspection of work of ship’s tailor.......... j jg26 

mechanical appliances, inspection of....... 1 2522 

presence of, at drill.. ; ...... j 2501 (7) 

routine, carried out by.._ .............. 1 2602 (5) 


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329 


[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulat ions.) 

Division paymaster: Aft. 

reports..................... i. I 5214 

stores afloat, purchases.........I 4483 (5) 

Division pennant* when flown by division commanders........ R 1246 

Division surgeon: 

annual sanitary report of station....... t 5214 

reports................I..,. I 5214 

Docking: •- 

explosives, removal of............. I 2635 

Dock regulations, hospital ships to observe.. 1 4016 

Donations, acceptance of, by medical-department employees prohibited... I 3260 

Doors and valves, commanding officer’s duties regarding.... I 2622 

Double bottoms, inspection of............. I 2629,2702 

Double irons, restrictions in use.. ‘......... R 619 

Draft of ships, carpenter reports when entering and before leaving port.. I 2615 

Drafts, enlisted men, correspondence regarding.....i.. I 5340 

Dress board, indicating Uniform, kept posted...... I 2617 (6) 

Dfessirtgs, application of, drills in..................'- I 2641 

Dressing ship..... It 1180,1181,1237,1240,1286 

Drill books: 

changes in, supervision of Secretary of the Navy....... R 901 

preparation and distribution of....... I 601*606 

subjects included in.... 7...- - -..- It 901 

Drillmasters, training of petty officers.... I 2505 (2) 

Drill primers. (See Ammunition, primers.) 

Drill regulations, Hospital Corps..— ... —............ I 602 

Drills: 

closing water-tight doors....-....I 2605 (1) 

collision, when held..... .... ...-I 2605 (1) 

competitive ...- - - - • -- V ..... I 2501 (6) 

emergency, hospital ships........ : -.R 2924 

first-aid......... I 2109,2641 

general quarters...•.-. I 2604 

landing force.....-— I 2505 (6) 

report of, by commander in chief...I.... -. I 916 

unhealthy ports........... I 952 

watch, quarter and station bills....... •••• I 2501 (5) 

Drunkenness, punishment for...... - ... - - ^ 8 

Duels, punishment for.. 1... — 11 ...:... R 8 

Duplicates, important correspondence....-.-..'•— I 5331 

Dutiable goods, importing, punishment for..:... R 12 


Duty: 

* absence from, prohibitions regarding.... 

applications for...... 

assignment of officers, by Navy Department... 

authority of officers to perform. 

detail of.... ----- . 

exchange of, authority for.—.• - - - 

insular...........-. 

Reporting for ...V.— - - -'.- — 

restoration to, date of, entered in log book.. 

sea. (See Sea service.) 
shore. (See Shore duty.) 

Effects: 

absent and dead, chief master-at-arms’ duties regarding 

destroyed, to prevent spread of disease... 

personal, of disabled persons..— — 


.... R 1527 
.... I 5325 
R 1031-1037 
.... R 1047 
R 1031-1051 
.... R 1527 
.... I 710 
.... I 703 
.... R 1433 


I 2637 
I 1351 
I 718 


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Efficiency: Art. 

reports (see also Fitness reports). I 916; R 1063 

reports, Hospital Corps man, upon transfer. I 5222 (5k), 5217 (16) 

Eight-hour law. n .. 1712 

Electric night signals used in hospital ships. I 4003 

Electrical log...... I 2615,2707 

Electricians, enlistment of. R 3525 

Embarkation, Marine Corps. I 3614 

Embassies, first secretaries of, rank of.,.. R 1116 

Embezzlement: 

prize money forbidden........ R 16 

punishment for.,... R 14,1504 

Emergency contracts, ships at navy yards, limitation....I 4472 ( 8 ) 

Emergency drills, hospital ship, supervision of master..... R 2924 

Emergency preparations, hospital ship, first officer supervises...'.. I 4018 (5) 

Emergency requisitions, ships in navy-yard ports... I 4472 

Employment of labor......I 231-404 

Engagement, casualties, reports of... I 5222 (5j) 

Engine room, log, hospital ship, keeping of......... I 4020 

Engineer force: 

assistant engineer officers, supervision of......1_ I 2509 

nigfit watches, provisions issued for....'.....I 2618 (7) 

Engineer officers (see also Heads of departments, ships): 
assistant- 

general supervision when on watch or day duty.. . . ........ I 2509 (5-6) 

watch duties...!........... r ...I 2509 (3) 

detail of, for deck watch........ I 2508 

disrating, classification for.. R 619 

double bottoms. I 2702 

fitness reports of officers...... I 707 

fuel oil, compartments not painted............. I 2702 

hospital ship. I 4020 

leaving ship. R 3708 

machinists, appointment of.1.1... II.... 1.................. R 3315 

,, navy yard, inspection of supplies received. I 4678 

quarterly reports. I 5222 

quarters on board ship.. r ..... I 804 

steam log, smooth.’/......... I 2615 

surveys on material..I. i......... I 4735,4749,475b 

watch duly, instructions governing...I 2507,2509 

Engineer w T atch officers: 

assignment of staterooms..... I 804 

ensigns when assigned as. . ...... I 2510 

wardroom officers. I 803 

Engineering competition, confidential publications. y ..... I 713 

Engineering duty: 

instructions governing....I 2507-2509 

restriction to, of chief machinist and machinist...... R 1013 

Engineering instructions, hospital ships.... I 4020 

Engineering practice, manual of.. I 604 

Engineering publications........... I 604 

Engines: 

hospital ships stopping when underway.'.. I 4020 (3) 

hospital ships, work with signals from bridge or deck.*......).’. 1 4020 (4) 

Enlisted men (see also Crew): 

, . assigned to pay division...—...... ..I 2203 (5) 

bad conduct, discharges... R 623 

circulars regarding.. ..... 1 604 

claims for honorable discharge. It 3507 
























































[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 


Enlisted men—Continued. 

clothes, disposal of.. 

clothing requisitions.. 

confinement of, awaiting trial. 

correspondence regarding, forwarded direct. 

deaths. 

debtors to the Government, leave of absence for... 

discharge of. 

funeral escorts for. 

health records.. 

Hospital Corps....... 

hospital ships.. 

instruction by division officers.1. 

intoxicated, confinement of. 

leave of absence for. 

Marine Corps, death of. 

medical attendance, expenses for. 

pay of... 

in hospitals. 

pensions. 

precedence of. 

returning to ship, funds required. 

surveys on. 

transfers of. 

transportation upon discharge. 

trial by deck courts. 

trial by general court-martial. 

unfit, medical officer to recommend survey on. 

Enlistment-s. 

artificer class. 

circulars regarding. 

descriptive cards.. 

expiration of— 

discharge without the United States. 

discharges.... 

honorable discharge upon. 

Guam.-. ----- . 

health record of enlisted men upon termination of. 

Hospital Corps. 

identification record, report on. 

intelligence of applicants... 

landsmen. 

physical disability.. 

physical examination for recruits. 

Philippine Islands. 

place of, record of, in continuous-service certificate 

reports of, by Commander in Ciiief. 

typhoid inoculation. 

Ensign (see also Flags): 

boat, displaying of.- - - - -. 

display of. 

half-masting of. 

personal flags displayed with. 

saluting or returning salutes. 

ship coming to anchor. 

ship getting underway. 

size indicated. ... 

survey of...... 


*-r 





Art. 

.. I 711 

. I 2617 (3) 

. R 1419 

. I 3353 

I 5222 (5q); R 1298, 4551 

. R 3710 

. R 3601 

. R 1301 

1 2117, 5222 (5), 5247 (31) 

. I 2129 

...I 4001-4020 

. I 1825,2505 

. R 1431 

.-. R 3710 

-. R 4551 

.-. R 4534 

.. R 4427 

. R 35S2 

.. R 4561 

. R 1026 

.-. R 3710 

.. R 366 

R 3581; I 5241, 5247 (39) 

. R 3606 

...- R 501 

. R 1408 

. I 2102 

.. R 3523-3530 

... 11 3525 

----- . I 604 

... I 5222 (5i), 5247.(14) 




it 


■t *•-■!' 


. 





) J 





,.- I 955 

. R 3601 

. R 3607 

.R 3525 

(5w), 5247 (34) 
... R 133,3525 
....I 5221 (18) 

. I 3206 

. R 3525 

...I 3204,3209 
... I 3201-3212 

-... R 3525 

. R 3530 

. I 916 

. I 3212 

* *.* ■».1« u.' • i.^. r •:« 






'fr* 

< r - 






. R 1240 

1238,1258,1259 

. R 1255 

. R 1237 

. R 1231 

. R 1238 

. R 1238 

....... R 1238 

. I 4735 

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[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 

Ensigns. 

assigned to engineering and deck duty... —. —. 

assignment— 

as assistant engineer officers_:...... 

as wardroom officers.:...:....' — 

to duty.. —.........— 

detail— 

as assistant navigator...'.. 

as officer of the deck...... 

to deck watch...: ... 

duties assigned to, during first two years of commission..... 

warrant officers appointed as........ 

Entering port, anchoring, preparations for...:.: 

Envoys extraordinary, honors for.— —....... 

Epidemics, fleet surgeon to make inspection........ 

Ephemeris, publication.—.. 

Equipage (see also Equipment): 

inventory (see also Inventories)....—.. 

supplies, or services for ships, requisitions for. 

Equipment: 

boats....•.. 

lifeboat........'........ 

Erasures: 

correspondence... .7...—v. .... 

log of hospital ship, forbidden........ 

Erroneous receipts, punishment for....... —........ 

Evening colors, ceremonies of......... 

Evening muster.......... 

Examination-s: 

applicant for permanent appointment.. ........ 

Applicants for pensions, navy yard........ 

appointments in the Navy......’...... 

before transfer, supervision of medical officer... 

candidates for appointments, navy yards..7. 

candidates undergoing, expenses of.. .......... ... 

disqualification for false statements.......... 

eye test tor gun pointers....... —.......... ..... 

Hospital Corps'.. - .v. -..*...'. :v...[.. 

machinist............:... ;..v.. 

machinists’ mates, before enlistment... 

marine officers..........v.v....'. 

nonappearance of candidates...... 

officers on foreign stations..v....... 

paymasters’ clerks____ —..'.. —... — 

pharmacists........ 

promotion of officers....... 

recruits, Marine Corps, by yard medical officer..... 

Examining board-s...... 

appointments. 

authentication of proceedings.*.'... 

candidates, nonappearance of.....;.. 

candidates, statement under cathv-;..:.. .•. 

composition of.• ...v........... 

failure of officers to appear before....... 

fitness records of officers.........•.*.. 

■ 

foreign-language examinations....... 

interpreters assigned to.;... 7 . 

law, questions of...7............. 


Art. 

. R 1236-1259 

.. I 2510 

. I 2509 

. I 803 

... T2508; R 1040 

. I 2508 

I 2508 (5-10), 2510 

. I 2508 

. R 1041 

1707 

.. I 2631 

.. R 1115 

. I 1122 (3) 

. I 604 

1 4421 

. I 4472-4484 

.. 1 2502 

. I 2502 

... I 5310 (4) 

. I 4016 

. R 14 

. R 1254 

. I 2602 

• • , R.Iiilvi 

.. R 3553 

. :... I 3461 

.. R 3301 

.......... R 2961 

.::- I 3461 

..R 4540 

.......... R 3320 

.I 2501 (3) 

. R 3551 

.. R 3315 

. R 3525 

..... R 3662-3671 

. R 3319 

.. R 3333 

.. R 4142 

.. R 3317 

. R 3331 

. 1 346) 

.R 331-336 

.. R 331 

. R 331 

. R 334 

. R 334 

. R 332 

. .. R 334 

.. R 334,336 

. R 333 

. ... R 333 

.. R 334 

























































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[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.] 


Examining board-s—Continued. 

Marine Corps (srr also Marine Examining Board)., 

medical officers assigned to.. . 

mental fitness of candidates.,.. 

moral fitness of candidates..... 

oaths, form of......... 

officers rejected without examination............ 

pay officers....... . . 

procedure of........ 

promotions......... 

rank of members....,... 

recommendation for promotion........ 

recorder, oath of_........... f ..... 

Staff Corps...... 

unfitness for promotion shown by records. 

witnesses..... 

Exchange, duty, authority for.... 

Excused from quarters, special permission required. 

Execution, summary courts-martial sentence. 

Executive officer (see also Commanding officer): 

absence of.,.....,.. 

absentees from quarters...... 

anchoring, preparations for....•. r ,. 

anchor watch detailed by..... 

authority invested in, by regulations. 

bedding, when aired. 

boat hours for official functions... 

boat schedules. 

boats absent during meal hours. 

bumboats...,. 

cable parting. 

chains, anchors, etc., inspection of. 

clearing hawse after mooring..... 

deck-court entries in enlistment record.... 

eight o’clock reports....,... 

fitness of officers...... 

flood cocks, etc., testing of.... 

garbage, disposal of.. 

general duties of...... 

general bills prepared by. 

general mess, organization. 

ground tackle, care of. 

gun crews, training of....... 

holds and storerooms........ 

incapacity of enlisted men, reports by.... 

inspections by commanding officer... 

leaving ship, restrictions upon.. 

liberty for men, restrictions in number.. 

lights, evening inspection. 

mess accounts, chief petty officers. 

mess attendants, assignment to duty. 

messes, changes in... 

messes, extra issues for night watches. 

movements of boats, knowledge of. 

naval station... 

navy yard, relations of, to commandant. 

not subordinate to officer of the deck. 

officer of the deck to refer reports to. 





Art. 

.I 3663,3668 

. R 331,332 

. R 334 

.. R 334 

. R 351 

. R 334 

. R 332 

.1 R 334 

. R 331,335 

. R 332 

. R 334 

. R 351 

. R 332 

. R 334 

. R 334,351 

. R 1527 

. R 3704 

. R 32 


. R 3708 

. I 2602 (8) 

. I 2631 

.. 1 2630 

... R 1061,1063 

. I 2617 (4) 

. I 2608 

.. I 2608 

. I 2608 

. I 2401,2514 (6) 

. I 2631 

. I 2631 

. I 2631 

. R 514 

. I 2626 

. I 707 

. I 2628 

.. I 2632 

.... I 1102-1407; R1063 

. I 2501 (5) 

. I 2513 

.. I 2631 

. I 2501 (7) 

.. I 2626 

. I 1402 

.. I 2602 (8). 

. R 3708 

.. R 3708 

... I 2607 (3) 

. I 2618 (1) 

. I 825 

. I 2618 (6) 

. I 2618 (7) 

. 1 1802 

.. R 1061,1063 

. R 1063 

. I 2508 

. I 2514 



























































334 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Executive officer—Continued. Art. 

officers leaving the ship, permission granted by.... R 3709 

order book kept by........... R 2501 (10) 

prisoners,report of..... <.. ............... .- - - -. I 2626 

precedence of, by virtue of rank.— R 1063 

presence of officers and men at drill........I 2501 (7) 

quarters. . .*........... I 804,2602 

regulation of barber, tailor, and shoemaker charges..... . ..I 2514 (7) 

receipt of stores........... I 1802 

records and returns...........: - I 2514 

recruiting officer of ship,....... I 2514 

report after battle............. I 1407,5327 

reports made to.......■.. R 1063 

reports of misconduct furnished to commanding officer.......... R 1428 

routine and order book, to be available to officer of the deck... I 2501 (9) 

ship, condition of.................: I 2626 

smoking regulations......... I 2512,2625 

station billets for crew.....I 2501 (4) 

summary court-martial entries in enlistment record...... R 624 

watch, quarter, and station bills.it..:....... I 2501 (4) 

yeomen assigned to............... I 2514 

Exercise of authority.... R 1401-1412 

senior line officer......"....... R 1003 

staff officers........ R 1062 

Exercise, periodical physical......... I 709 

Exercises. (See Drills.) 

Expeditions, boat, equipment of........I 2502 

Expenditure-s: 

medical, fleet surgeon to supervise........ I 3255 

officers’ messes........ I 825 

stores afloat........;...-.. I 4421 

vouchers for abstracts of, supply accounts ashore.1.. R 1420 

Expenditure books, commanding officer to examine. I 2615 

Expenses, interment (see also Expenditures)... R 4551 

Explosives, removal of, when docking (see also Ammunition)..;. I 2635 

Ex-President, honors for, aboard ship.... R 1102 

Express packages sent from aboard. I 5205 (2) 

Extension of lights...I 2607 (5,6) 

Extracts, court-martial records, publication of. R 901 

Extra duties: 

discontinuation of, on Sunday..... R 1429 

inflicted by commanding officer... R 24 

Extra pay, female nurses....... R 4428 

Extra police duties... R 30,619 

Extra prison spaces........ R 1431 

Eyes, examination of, for gun pointer... 12501 (3) 

Eyewitnesses, reports of accidents........ R 4563 

False claims, punishment for...... R 14 

Falsehood, punishment for... R 8 

False delivery, punishment for. R 14 

False entries, punishments for.... R 1504 

False muster, punishment for.:... R 8 

February 22, observance of... R 1286 

Felony: 

failure to report knowledge of. R 1504 

punishment for.. R 1504 


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335 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Female nurses: Art. 

checkage for hospital fund.. R 4428 

commutation of rations....,. R 4428 

enlistment of....... R 3525 

extra pay on duty abroad................. R 4428 

room allowance ashore............ R 4513 

pay of........... R 4428 

Females, residence aboard ship. . ..*.... R 1537 

Field officers in command: 

Army, honors aboard ship._ T ... R 1143 

Marine Corps, honors for, aboard ship.’............. R 1143 

File copies, paper for..'......................................... I 5311 

File number, letters.....’.....15312 (16) 

Files, copies of correspondence............... I 5310 

Filing, system of..'.........„ r . I 5352 

Films, moving-picture........ I 714 

Findings: 

general courts-martial.......R S01-S19 

summary court-martial........ R 618 

Finger-print records, Marine Corps.. 15261 (7) 

Fire: 

closing of doors. . ......... 12506 

extinguishing of...'....'...I 2501 (5),2607 (16) 

when handling explosives. I 2607 (11) 

when opening magazines...... I 2638 

pharmacist’s duties.... 12351 

precautions against, in engineer department. 12707 

Fire bill: 

details to be made..... 12506 

division officers’ duty regarding.. 11822 

executive officer to prepare.. 12501 (5) 

junior line officer to keep.. 12501 (8) 

Fire drills.... . r ....I 2605 (2) 

Fire quarters, station at, to be shown on station billet.. 12501 (4) 

Fires, cooking, extinguishing of.- • - • -...I 2607 (1) 

First aid, instruction in.....I 2109,2642; R 2956 

First enlistment: 

ages. R3525 

ratings........*.............. R 3525 

First lieutenant: 

compartments, inspection of...... 12702 

double-bottoms. 12629,2702 

leaving ship, restrictions upon.... R 3708 

medical officer to accompany, on inspection........ 12115 

mechanical devices... 12629 

quarters. 1804 

spars and rigging, defects......... 12627 

water-tight doors......... ^ 2629 

First officer, hospital ship, general duties of..... 14017(5); R 2925 

First secretary of embassy... R 1116 

Fish Commission, officers under, supervision of Bureau of Fisheries..... R 1051 

Fitness: 

marine officers, determination of.... 13662 

moral and mental, marine officers, for promotion...... 13671 

officers... 15221; R 334 

officers, reports of.. —, 1707,5241; R 2124 

Fitness records, requests on..... R 334,1525 

Fitting out for sea..-.... I 827 



























































336 


(L indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.] 

Fitting out {see also Going into commission): , Art. 

duties of medical officers.. I 2101 

medical supply table....-... I 2120 

Flag-s.....It 1236-1259 

loan of, prohibited.. R 1507 

personal, displayed with ensigns.. R 1237 

size indicated.....- —. R 1238 

Flag officer-s (see also Commander in chief; Division commander); 
absence of— 

from ship..... R 1133,1134 

in foreign port....1. R 1244 

succession of command....... R 1244 

aids for. R 1816 

arrival of ships in port, report of... I 5342-5344 

assuming command, honors for.. R 1127 

authority of........ R 1046 

boats for, insignia on... R 1249 

Board of Inspection and Survey, honors aboard ship. R 1132 

dangers to navigation, reports...... I 5355 

death of—ceremonies for... R 1297 

departure from ship indicated by pennant... R 1133 

departure of ships from port, report of..:.... I 5342-5344 

embarked in boats, flag not flying........... R 1248 

exchange of visits... It 1271 

fitness reports of officers.... I 707 

flag not flying, honors.;.... R 1156 

flags,color of..... R 1241 

flags flown in boats. R 1153,1245 

fleet organization.....'..... R 226 

foreign- 

salutes to..... R 1192 

salutes to, foreign ensign displayed.... R 1231 

foreign officials, return visits by... R 1274-1276 

full honors not desired....:_ R 1156 

funeral ceremonies for...R 1301,1305 

general courts-martial..... R 38 

guardship reports. I 2609 

honors, table of..... R 1162 

insignia of rank on flagstaff. R 1249 

inspections.. I 906-908 

inspection of ships, honors for..._ R 1130 

junior- 

salutes to... R 1128 

flags flown by....:. R 1241 

leaving flagship officially, honors for.•......... R 1133 

letterheads... 15312 

mess... I 822 

naval publications, orders, etc., distribution of... I 602 

not in chief command...;.. 11004 

official visits, salutes not returned. R 1223 

papers signed, by direction of...... I 5317 

passengers on ships not flagships. R 1046 

passing in boat, honors for..*... R 1155 

quarters of..... I 801-805 

relinquishing command, honor for.. R 1129 

reports made to, when in port and at sea... I 2609 

routine calls by... R 1156 

salutes by ships passing..... R 1137 























































337 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Flag officer-s—Continued. Art. 

salutes for.......... _. . .„.. R 1126 

side honors to.......... R 1164 

shore .stations— ... 


relinquishing command, honors for. R1136 

staff of. R 1816,1826,1828 

summary courts-martial.... j .... R 601-627 

temporary absence from command............. R 1044 

telegraphic reports...I 5341-5351 

uniform of the day,.. I 2617 (3) 

unofficial visits in boats.. R 1248 

visits of ceremonies, omission of, report .of....... R 1277 

visits of ceremony to Army officers not in United States ... R 1277 

visits to ships not under command, honors for....«..... R 1131 


Flagship-s: 

battleship assigned as...... 3 j... R 226 

boarding visits to..... R 1279 

flag officer assuming command, honors for.... R 1127 

letterheads....... I 5312 (3) 

motions of, followed.,............ I 2610 

officer’s quarters..........I 801-805 

position of, reported............... I 2609 

toplights. R 1135 

Flat-filing system, use of...... I 5352 

Fleet: 

arrival in port, report of .,.. I 5343 

auxiliaries assigned to. R226 

battleships assigned to... R 226 

correspondence. 1 .. 1 916,5333 

cruisers assigned to... R 226 

departure from port, report of.... I 5343 

divisions of..... R 226 

maneuvers, torpedo boats and submarines... R 226 

movements of, Division of Operations...... R 105 

organization of.....,..... R 201,226 

overhauling of ships........... R 226 

repairs to ships.......... R 226 

standard composition. R 226 

submarine flotillas assigned to.....i -... R 226 

torpedo flotillas attached to..... R 226 

Fleet marine officer, rank of....-. R 1826 

Fleet naval constructors, assignment of..... R 1826 


Fleet paymaster: 

accounts. 

public bills filed with. 

rank of...,......— 

reports.... 

ships on foreign stations. 

stores afloat, purchases. 

Fleet surgeon: 

boards of medical surveys requested 
consultations with medical officers.. 
death certificate, approval of....... 

duties of...... 

health record... 

inspections in case of epidemics.- 

96220—17-23 


.. 11121 

.. I 4484 
.. R 1826 
.. 15212 

.. 1 4472 

I 4483 (5) 

.. R 361 
.. 12106 
I 1122 (8) 
.. 11122 
.. I 2117 
I 1122 (3) 


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338 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 
Fleet surgeon—Continued. 

killed and wounded; report. 

medical expenditures, supervision by...— 

medical surveys approved by. 

patients transferred to civil hospitals. 

rank of.„. 

reports.. 

supervision over medical expenditures... 

unhealthy ports and stations.... 

Flogging, restrictions against. 

Floodcocks, etc., testing of.. 

Food: 

complaint as to quantity and quality of. 

inspection of, by medical officer. 

Food for sick, supervision of medical officer. 

Forces afloat, organization of. 

Forces, Army, authority over, of naval officers. 

Forces, naval, distribution of, included in strategy. 

Forgery, punishment for. 

Fore hold, stowage of..... 

Foreign civil officers, salutes to.. 

Foreign countries, information given to. 

Foreign diplomatic officers, salutes to... 

Foreign ensigns: 

ceremonies when hoisting and hauling down. 

display of... 

Foreign flag officers, salutes to. 

Foreign fleets, exchange of visits with.. 

Foreign governments, honors to.. 

Foreign holidays, observance of.. 

Foreign languages: 

documents in... 

examination of officers. 

Foreign national airs, played in compliment 

Foreign national anniversaries. 

Foreign nations, relations with.... 

Foreign naval officers, salutes to. 

Foreign officers, interchange of visits. 

Foreign officials: 

death of, ceremonies for.... 

honors for. 

salutes to, ensign displayed....... 

visits to, by naval officers.... 

Foreign port (see also Ship in foreign port): 

absence of flag officer.... 

death of officer in.... 

funerals in_____ 

observance of holidays in... 

reports of, by medical officer. 

salutes to. 

Foreign religious institutions, respecting of. 

Foreign ships: 

boarding visits to... 

exchange of visits. 

honors rendered to...... 

permission to visit naval harbors. 

visits of, ceremony to., 

visits to navy yards. . % m 

Foreign sovereigns, receptions aboard ship. 



Art. 

. I 5212 

.I 3255 (4) 

. 1 1122 (3) 

. I 5212 (2) 

. R 1820 

.. I 1122 (3),5212 

. 1 3255 

. I 952 

.. R 49 

.. 1 2028 

.1 2018 (3) 

. 1 2018 (2) 

. R 2959 

. R 201 

. R 1050 

. 1 5354 (5) 

.... R 14 

. I 2027 

. R 1193 

. R 1534 

. R 1193 

. R 1254 

. R 1231 

.... R 1192,1231 

......... R 1209 

.... R 1191-1197 

. R 1288 

.I 5310 (3) 

......... R 333 

. R 1197 

.... R 1231,1288 

. R 1502 

.. R 1193 

. R 1270 

. R 1313 

R 1191-1197,1237 

. R 1231 

.. R 1274 

... R 1244 

. R 4551 

. R 13 3 

. R 1287 

. R 2900 

. R 1191 

-. R 1538 

. R 1207 

.R 1202,1209 

. R 1102 

. R 1503 

. R 1207 

... R 1503 

. R 1104 























































339 


[I indicates Instructions: R indicates Regulations.) 

Foreign station (see also Ship in foreign port): Art. 

correspondence in duplicate. I 5331 

detail of officers. 1955 

enlisted men transferred in.,,,,........ R 3581 

return of prisoners.....____;_ I 955 

ships sailing for home.....^.... I 955 

Formations, military, precedence of oificers in. f .. R 1009 

Forms (sec also Blank forms): 

fitness report of officers.... ......... I 707 

formulas........... I 5317 

letterheads...I 5312,5315 

prescribed for correspondence.......„...I 5312-5316 

signatures....... 1 5317-5320 

special letterheads forbidden.I 5312 (4) 

Forms of procedure: 

boards. R 901 

changes in... ;.. R 901 

courts...... R 901 

preparation and distribution of. I 601-606 

Forts: 

funeral ceremonies.... R 1299 

salutes from foreign vessels answered.._. R 1224 

United States, not to be saluted.. R 1205 

visits of ceremony to.... It 1276 

Fourth of July, observance of...-.... R 1286 

Fraud-s: 

failure to report knowledge of......... R 1504 

punishment for......R 8,14,1504 

Freight (see also Shipments): 

bills of lading (see also Bills of lading)....... I 4484 

papers forwarded by.. 1 5353 

shipped by Government conveyance.•. .. I 4624 

supply vessels............ I 4624 

Fresh food, inspection of........i.I 2olS (2) 

Fresh provisions. (See Provisions.) 

Fresh water. (See Water, fresh.) 

Fuel, officers ashore...R 4513,4521 

Fuel allowance, ashore......... R 4513,4521 

Full-dressing ship......... R 1181 

boat ensign displavod............-. R 1240 

Fourth of July. R 12S6 

personal flags, displaying of. R 1237 

replaced by dressing ship. R 1286 

Washington’s Birthday. R 1286 

Full guard: 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy. R 1113 

President’s inspection. R 1101 

Secretary of the Navy’s reception aboard ship... R 1111 

Funds, officers’mess... 1825 

Funeral-s: 

at night. R 1302 

ceremonies. R 1296-1313 

details of....-.... R 1308,1309 

escorts. R 1301 

firing of volleys. R 13 01 

pallbearers.....*.R 1301,1304 

Funeral processions: 

music for. R 1309 

order of. R 1306,1307 
























































340 


11 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Furniture: Art. 

dispensary... I 4749 

medical, loss of.-............ 1 2123 

Galley: 

apportionment of food...<. „..,...... .,. *........... I 2618 (6) 

cook in charge of.............. I 2605 (5) 

Gambling, punishment for.......;o—i.-.'. R 8 

Gangways: 

lighting of. R 1175 

precedence of senior officers.........,: -. io.-—.:... R 1178 

use of........... R 1170 

Garbage, disposal of........ I 2632,4015 

Gaskets, report of condition...........I 2605 (1) 

General alarm, use of.... I 2506 

General board, general duties......... — - R 103 

General courts-martial... R 701-850 

absence of— .... . . ... . . • ... 

judge advocate..... R 728 

members...,....„....R 46,47,727 

abuse of powers..... R 722 

ac cased— . i. . . 

arraignment of......... R 777 

as witness....... R 791 

introduction of.,.... R 766 

plea of......... R 778 

recognition of, by witnesses........ R 784 

right to counsel.. R 767 

statement by.. R 792 

acquittal or conviction for each allegation...... R 806 

addressing the court..... R 767 

adequate punishments to be adjudged.. R 51 

adjournment of.-.... l. ,. R 704, 726,829 

advice to accused by the judge advocate..... R 750,753 

arraignment of accused......... R 7 77 

arrest of officers awaiting.trial....... R 711 

assembling place..... R 761-763 

branding forbidden...__ . R 49 

bread and water, confinement on........ R 818 

challenge of members........,.....R 702,769 

change in composition of......... I 5334 

change of plea..,,,........,.. R 778 

charges and specifications...,..... R 711-716,743 

charges— . , ,, 

clerical errors in............,. R 715 

copies of____............ R 773 

correction of defects in. R 774 

delivery of.......... - t . R 711 

furnished the accused,..... R 742 

how drawn up....... R 712-714 

reading of........... R 776,777,785 

specification of. r 716 

transmission of.. R 716 

voting on. r 803 

civilian witnesses, expenses of....,... R 735 ,745 

clemency recommendations.... R 51,808,811 

clerk............. R 772 

clerical errors in record corrected..,.... r 838 

clerical errors in specifications report, correction of. R 715 

closed court. r 787,801 

























































341 


[T indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


General courts-martial—Continued. 

clothing allowance, marines; settlement of. 

commuting of sentence forbidden. 

competency of witness........ 

concurrence for conviction.•. 

conduct of members. 

confinement of persons awaiting trial. 

confinement sentences.. 

constitution of..... 

contempt of court, imprisonment for....*.. 

convening authority..... 

convening authority, powers of.... 

conviction... 

corps of members.... 

counsel for accused.... 

court dissolved before judgment.. 

court officers, introduction of..... 

court, reduced by challenge ... 

courts of inquiry proceedings, use of..._ 

custody of prisoners. 

death sentence.. 

defense, closed...... 

defense, order of...... 

defense read to closed court. 

delays forbidden.. 

desertion— 

charges of.....*. 

sentence for. 

disapproval of proceedings....... 

dishonorable discharge— 

remission of sentences... 

sentence. 

dismissal of officers..... 

display of jack.....;.. 

disposition of records.... 

dissolving of court before judgment_ 

documentary evidence introduced.. 

duties and privileges.. 

equality o f members...... 

evidence— 

admissibility of. 

documentary, introduced . 

extenuation or mitigation.•.-- 

how recorded..;.. 

order of introduction. — 

previous convictions.;.. 

verification of. 

examination of witnesses, order of.^. 

execution of sentence.... 

exemption of members from duty. 

extenuating circumstances, introduction of, 
extenuating evidence, introduction of.. — 

final action........ 

findings. ........ 

reversal of....-...... ________— 

flogging forbidden..;..;.:.... 

foreign territory, not held on. 

orfeiture of allowances.. 






Art. 

....... R 817 

... R 54 

.'.. R 781 

....... R 807 

.. R 723 

.. R 711 

.... R 816,818 
. R 39,701-704 
R 42,724 
R 701,812,848 
..... R 38,848 
.!.. R 806,807 
....... R 702 

.. R 767 

. R 813 

R 766 
.... R 769,770 
R 745 
R 736,737 
R 50 

:...... R 792 

....... R 780 

....... R 801 

....... R 726 

. R 746 

....... R 816 

....... R 848 



rinsv.709 dii 



.'... R 817 

. R 816 

........ R 38 

.. R 1239 

........ R 850 

........ R 813 

. R 780 

..... R 721-728 

........ R 721 

>ff)o Oflham 


.7... R 751,752 

....'.. R 780 

.7...R 753,778 

... R 788 

..R 780 

... R 804 

. R 788 

.. •’> R 786 

.. R 847 

.................. I . R 704 

.. R 751-753 

:siii:::suaiV. ...•.. R 778 

.....-...R 846-850 

_ ..................;.R 801-819 

■» . R 846 

::.....R 49 

. R 763 

.. R 816 










































































342 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


General courts-martial—Continued. 

forfeiture of pay.. 

guard for... 

guilty plea... 

hard labor, confinement at. 

illegal testimony prevented by judge advocate. 

illness of member. 

imprisonment for life... 

imprisonment sentences.. 

irregularities of, procedure... 

judge advocate... —..... 

absence of.... 

appointment of... 

assembling of court, preparation for....... 

assistance of accused...... 

cautioning of court.... 

challenge of, forbidden. 

changed for revision. 

charges, copies of... 

rank of.... —.. 

replies to defense in writing.. 

signature to sentence... 

specifications delivered by..,__ 

swearing of.... 

testimony by... 

to be furnished information.'.. 

witnesses, lists of........ 

judgments— 

authentication of.... 

reversal of. 

legal absence of member, procedure................ 

limitation of— 

period in which amenable to trial...... 

punishment..... 

sentences. 

limitations, discretionary with convening authority 

loss of numbers imposed by............. 

lying, imprisonment for........ 

majority vote binds court.. 

marine officer, trial of. 

marines— 

remission of sentence.... 

sentenced to dishonorable discharge...... 

marking of body forbidden... 

maximum punishments imposed. 

medical officers, trial of.... 

members of— 

detached from ship, not relieved..........._ 

exempt from duty... 

number... 

responsibility of. 

sworn... 

testimony by. 

mitigating circumstances. 

mitigation of sentence. v ... 

not-guilty plea. 








: 


Art. 

.... R 816 
. R 736-738 
.... R 778 
.... R 816 
.... R 753 
.... R 727 
R 7 

. R 816-818 
.... R 849 
. R 741-753 
.... R 728 
.... R 741 
.... R 748 
.... R 745 
.... R 749 
.... R 769 
.... R 838 
.... R 773 
.... R 741 
.... R 793 
.... R 52 
R 43 
.... R 771 
... R 782 
... R 1408 
.... R 744 

.. R 52,810 
.... R 846 
.... R 727 

.... R 61 
.... R 63 
.... R 815 
.... R 703 
.... R 816 
.... R 42 
.... R 807 
.... R 702 

.... R 817 
.... R 817 
R 49 
.... R 63 
.... R 702 

.... R 727 
.... R 704 
.... R 703 
.... R 722 
... R 771 
... R 782 
.... R 808 
.. R 54,808 
R 778 

































































343 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


General courts-martial—Continued. 

oath— i r : Art. 

administered........._. R 771 

judge advocate,..R 40,771 

members............R 40,749,771 

witnesses... r 4 i 

objections to questions.*.,.... R 78G 

officers arrested.. r 44 

omission in record.„.... R 838 

opinions of j udge advocate.„... R 752 

oral arguments..... R 828 

order for convening.....„... R 762 

orderlies for. R 736-738 

pardoning power.... R 808 

pay officers, trial of..... R 702 

penalty,statutory..... R 814 

perjury, prosecution for....... R 42,725 

place of assembling..... R 761-763 

plea in bar of trial, reversal of judgment..... R 779,846 

pleas of accused.*... R 778 

precept read. ; ......... R 768 

preparation of case........ R 747 

previous convictions introduced.... ...;......... R 804 

president of........ R 721 

prevarication, imprisonment for....... R 42 

prisoners— ..... 

charges against.;...... R 43 

custody of....... R 736,737 

privileges.;..... R 721-728 

procedure, irregularities in, published........... R 849 

proceedings— — 

authentication of.....:.... R 810 

reviewalof...........R 836 

suspension of.......R 726,775 

promulgation of sentence....... R 849 

prosecution closed.,.. R 790 

prosecution, order of.......... R 780 

protests not recorded.......... R 752 

provost marshal..........._... R 736-738 

public sessions of......... R 761 

punishment— 

according to statute... R 814 

adequacy of..’.... R 51,808 

authorized by summary court-martial may be imposed by.. R 819 

limitation of....... R 63,815 

method of fixing........... R 805 

rank of members........ R 39,703 

rank of provost marshal.. R 736 

rating, reduction of..— R 816 

recall of witnesses...-...-. R 794 

recommendations for clemency. R 811 

record. R 826-829 

challenges entered in. It 769,770 

defects in. . R 838 

disposition of.. R 850 

forwarding of.. R 812 

how made up... R 826 

omission in. R 838 

oral arguments not entered in.. R 828 



































































344 


[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


General courts-martial—Continued. -. - Art. 

reduction in rating imposed by. R 816 

reduction of court by challenge... R 769,770 

remission of sentence... R 54,808 

marines.......... R 817 

reporter sworn......... R 772 

responsibihty of members.......i........ R 722 

return of absent members, rereading of testimony...... R 47 

reversals of decisions....... R 846 

reviewal of proceedings.. R 836 

revising authority, power of....... R 846 

revision........R 836-838 

record of. «».......... R 837 

signature of., ...,,,,,,.....^... R 837 

sentence....... R 801-819 

according to statute..._..........*_ R 814 

confinement.....j...:...... R 816 

confirmation of......did__ t.. . R 53 

desertion..... R 816 

dishonorable discharge, marines.....v.. R 817 

drawn up by judge advocate... R 809 

execution of.,..... R 847 

forms of......... R 816 

how determined.....,•.., R 807 

imprisonment........ t .......... R 816,818 

limitation of. R 815 

loss of numbers....„.. R 816 

method of fixing.R 805 

mitigation of.......... R 54,808 

other than death. R 50 

promulgation oKIIIII'IIIII?-*:**"..1!.. R 849 

reduction in rating. R 816 

reversal of....'.........’..'......’. R g46 

signature of.'...'...............__............... R 52 

sickness of member.............’.... R 727 

signature of— 

proceedings... R 810 

revision. ....... .......... R' 837 

sentence.... —... r 52 

solitary confinement sentences._.. r . r gig 

specificati ons. ...... R 711-716 

acquittal or conviction for each. _ r 305 

clerical errors, correction of....... R 715 

co P iesof -....... !."!!!!"" R 773 

correction of defects in..... R 774 

delivery of... *.*.’r 711,742 

how drawn up...... . r 712 _714 

reading of.......... ........ R 776,777 

vote on ... v-*. . . . . . . r go 2 

staff officers, trial of.....V.... 7 Q 2 

statements by accused...... ____...;...............'. 7 ........ r 792 

statutory penalty.....*.*. '...7 ... r gj 4 

stenographer, allowance of....;......•... .7 4 

subpoenaing witnesses.....R 42 736 745 

summary court-martial sentences..'........ R 35* 819 

suspension of— 

officers awaiting trial.... R 711 

pay of- officers....... * r 40 

Proceedings. >...S *45,726,775 

sentences.... ..i....... ... ' 1,: 1 ^ 














































































d45 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Retaliations.] 

General courts-martial—Continued. 

swearing of— Art. 

court.......... R 771 

members........ R 749 

witnesses. R 783,784 

testimony— 

accused.;. R 791 

amendment of........ R 788 

members.J.,. R 782 

not brought forward in revision..... R 837 

objectionsto............ R 787 

order of taking......... .....I... R 786 

read in closed court.... J............ J...:... R 801 

reread upon return of absent members....... R 47 

verification of.......... R 788 

transmission of charges......... R 716 

treatment of persons brought before court......... R 723 

trial.....R 766-795 

finish of, recording of........._R 795 

postponement of.......... R 775 

vote on— .V, . * ..'V *' A . r ' .. . 

. g<MomA ooj io ttjSW. io 

charges.... R 803 

sentence, method of....... R 805 

specifications...J.......... R 802 

witnesses— 

absent, suspension of proceedings......... R 775 

attendance of..'.. —.................. R 736 

challenge of........... 1-—...1.R 781 

charges read to.. R 785 

competency of............ ..... R 781 

list furnished by accused......J.........................J.....'.. R 744 

members called as... R 782 

■ 

order of examination............ R 786 

recall of........ 1,... R 794 

summoning of...... R 745 

swearing of, reported....7.........- - - - R 783,784 

warning of....R 789 

withdrawal of.......'........... R 776,789 

General mess r • 

division into submesses....:. 12513 

medical oflacer to inspect provisions for..;....— 1 1802,2110 

organization and service of...... I 2513 

General officers, Army, honors for, aboard ship. R 1139 

General officers, Marine Corps, honors for, aboard ship. R 1139 

General orders (see also Orders): 

forwardingof....... I 602 

Navy Department, composition of. R 901 

preparation, issue, etc.............I 601-606 

General quarters: 

medical officers to distribute first aid and instruct at... 12109 

when held.... r . I 2604 

General specifications, building of ships. 1. .... I 604 

Generators, electric, care and preservation of......—. I 2707 

Getting underway (see also Ship leaving port): 

chain, examination of..:.......... 12631 

colors, displaying of..........;..:....^. R 1238 

honors, between ships........^.... R 1159 

log, entries in....-...........;------'.....!.. 12615 

stations, “all hands”.;...;.....:...... R 1160 

turning over engines. R 2607 









































































346 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Gifts: Art. 

soliciting contributions for, forbidden. R 1520 

to ships, survey of. I 4735 

Glassware, officers’ messes... I 828 

Going into commission: 

medical officers to examine crew....;.1..... I 2102 

medical stores.... I 2118 

station billets for crew........I 2501 (4) 

vaccination of crew.. I 2103 

Going out of commission (see also Fitting out): 

confidential papers, disposition of.....'......... I 5353 

medical journals, disposal of........ I 3251 

medical stores, disposition of..... 12121 

medical supplies..... 12351 

official papers, disposition of....... I 5353 

pay officer, detachment of. 14421 

pharmacist’s duties.;.. I 2351 

signal books, disposition of.—.. 15353 

wat ch, quarter, and station bills........ —-- I 2516 

Gold, safe-keeping aboard ship.... R 1510 

Gongs, general-alarm and cease-firing......"....-- —... I 2506 

Government of the Navy of the United States, Articles for. R 1-64 

Governor general: 

islands occupied by United States, honors for...... R 1114 

visits of ceremony to......... R 1277 

Governor, Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa., reports to, of hospital patients... R 3582 

Governor, State, honorsfor.... R 1114 

Governor, Tutuila, display of jack in boat..'... R 1253 

Grades: 

retired list of officers.......... R 1002 

warrant officers............. R 1013 

Gratuity: 

amount of....... R 4551 

contractors, forbidden...:. R 1521 

death of person in naval service.......... R 4551 

Graves, unmarked, headstones for, in naval oemeteries..I 5247 (5) 

Ground tackle (see also Anchor chains): 

boatswain’s inspection of— ....... 12627 

car e of......... 12631 

Grounding of ship: 

inquiry into....... R 441-442 

warning signals given.... 12506 

Guam: 

enlistments....... R 3525 

service in, equivalent to sea duty. I 710 

Guard, parading of...... R H68 

Guard ship, reports to senior officer present....... I 2609 

Guardroom, Marine Corps, inspection of... I 3578 

Gunboats, rating of.... R 1035 

Gun captains: 

assignment of, to other duty, restriction against. I 2501 (2) 

optical examination of...... I 2501 (3) 

Gun salutes (see also Salutes). R 1201-1212 

answering... R 1221-1224 

ensign, when displayed.......R 1231 

official visits not returned.... R 1223 

personal flags, displaying of. r 1237 

returns for..... R 1221-1224 






















































347 

[I indicates Instructions; R Indicates Regulations.] 


Gunner-s: 

classification of, as line officers. 

explosives.. 

flood cocks, etc., testing of... 

magazines, inspection of.... 

ship, condition of, report. 

Gunnery officer {see also Heads of departments): 

disrating, classification for. 

explosives, removal of, when docking.. 

flood cocks, etc., testing of. 

leaving ship, restrictions upon.... 

magazines {see also Magazines)—• 

condition of........._ 

temperature of..........._ 

quarters... 

surveys on material........ i........ 

Gunnery record: 

entry of, in service record. 

gun pointer’s eye examination to be entered on 

transfer papers to include. 

Guns, assignment of, to division. 

Gymnastic outfits, requests for.. 

Hails, answering of. 

Hair, trim of... 

Half-holiday s, civil employees..'.... 

Half-masting: 

colors; funeral ceremonies..... 

ensign.......... 

pennants..... 

personal flags...... 

Hammocks, absentees’ and deserters’__ —. — 

Harbor regulations, hospital ships... 

Hatches: 

battening down....—V. 

regulations for closing...... 

signal for closing and opening. 

Hawaii, service in, equivalent to sea duty. 

Hawsers: 


Art. 

. R 1013 

I 2607 (11), 2035 

.. 1 2628 

.'. I 2628 

.. I 2626 

... R 619 

........ I 2635 

. I 2628 

. R 3708 

. I 2628 

.. 1 2628 

.. I 804 

I 4735,4749,4750 

.. R 3544 

...... I 2501 (3) 

........ R 3585 

.. I 2501 (1) 

. I 2610 

. R 1176 

...... I 2617 (1) 

. I 404 

... R 1296-1313 

. R 1255 

........ R 1252 

. R 1252 

. I 2637 

. I 4015 

. I 2629 

... I 2506 

. I 2506 

.. I 710 


examination of.-.... I 2636 

to be pointed.... ........ I 2503 

Heads of departments, navy yards (see also Navy yards; Employees, civil) —... R 3941 

appeals from commandant’s decision...... I 534 3 

bureau of correspondence... I 5340 

correspon dence concerning repairs......... I 5338 

correspondence with bureaus.......... I 5340 

fitness reports of officers...... I 707 

general duties of...-.-.-.. I 3433 

insanitary articles, survey of........ I 4735 

inspection of supplies received. I 4678 

new work, expedition of— ...-.- ...- • - -. I 5340 

open purchase of materials..I 4654,4657 

reports to department....... I 3433 

Heads of departments, ships (see also Engineer officer; First lieutenant; Gunnery officer; Medi¬ 
cal officer; Navigating officer; Pay officer): 

correspondence addressed to commanding officer.. I 5326 

detachment of, inspections made.-. -. R 2051 

fitness reports of officers. 1...-.. I 707 

inspection of stores on delivery—.. . —. I 4482 

leaying ship, alternating of....R 3708 





















































348 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 


Heads of departments, etc.—Continued. Art. 

new work, expedition of.. I 5340 

publicbills......... I 4484 

quality certificates, stores received.... I 4483 

quant Lty certificates, stores received.... I 4483 

quarterly balance sheets... .. ...... I 4735 

reports of, to executive officer..... R 1063 

services, requisition for...i....I 4472-4484 

stores (see also Stores afloat)— , S3 r 000 jx>oft 

receipt of......-. I 1802 

requisitions for. . ........ I 4474-4484 

unserviceablearticles, survey of........... I 4735 

Heads of divisions, navy yards.., R 3941 

appeals from decisions of.... I 5340 

Headquarters Marine Corps, officers to register when visiting Washington.... I 705 

Headstones; unmarked graves in naval cemeteries......I 5247 (5) 

Health journal, commanding officer to inspect........ I 2619 

Health of craw, commanding officer’s duties regarding....................—.... I 2617(2); R 20 

Health of ports, reports by medical officer to commanding officer._...... R 2S53 

Health of troops....—.'....i‘............— R 1631 

Health officer; reception of by medical officer.... I 2126 

Health record: 

absence of medical officer....... I 70S 

cases of transfer...’.......R 2961 

enlisted man, upon termination of enlistment......... I 5222 (5 w 

entries in, supervision of medical officers... R 2902 

entries made when transferred.............. R 3581 

medical officer to keep......i.....___ I 2117 

rae.l ical officer to verify...i............. i... i... I 2102 

men appointed or promoted... A.....1...1.........— 1____i____...... I 3257 

not in line of duty entries.... 1 — .......... .. R 2902 

officers......... A........ A..... 1............'.I 707,708 

upon change of grade or termination of service.. I 5222 (5w) 

officers and enlisted men, forwarding of........I 5247 (33,34) 

opened by whom... - .......1...... I 3257 

patients admitted to hospital.......... I 3229 

sick, for passage to United States..'............ I 2116 

signing of medical survey. .. I 3237 

supervision of junior medical officers.. — ...1.... I 2977 

supervision of medical officers...'._A'AA'A. R 290JJ 

to be forwarded to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery......1..... J. 1 2117 (2) 

transfer papers to include...'............ R 3585 

vaccination entry.'........ I 3211 

Heaving lead, instruction of men in......... 1 2505 

Helmsmen...'......I 2505 (3) 

High commissioner, honors for..........._’....R 1115 

History, medical, original entries sent to department.......I.A..‘ 1 5222 (5d) 

Holds: 

inspection of.......-......... I 2626,2640,2702 

lighting.. I 2607 (3) 

matches, use of........ 1 2607 (15) 

medical officer to inspect....1.. ..... 12115 

uncovered lights, use of......... ...... j 2607 (10) 

Holidays.R 1286-1289 

foreign, observance of.....'_..... r ]288 

leave of absence for civil employees.. 1.1......... 1.... I 404 

list of... R 1289 

observance of, in foreign port......... r 1287 

Saturday afternoon..........I 2602 (5) 

smoking regulations... I 2625 


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349 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 


Art. 


Home ports, enlisted men transferred in.. : R 3581 

Homicide, investigation of.. R 321,322 

Honors (see also Gun salutes; Salutes: Ceremonies)...•.;. R 1101-1321 

ambassadors..,..............,. R 1115 

Army field officers in command, aboard ship_,._.-....-.... R 1143 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy......... R 1113,1266 

between ships— 

coming to anchor......... R 1159 

getting under way.......,...„....... R 1159 

Cabinet officers....... R 1112 

civil officers...... R 1112-1119 

close aboard, definition of term... R 1153 

commanding officer— 

leaving ship officially.... R 1141 

passing in boat.. R 1155 

table of.,.. R 1162 

visits.........i. R 1142 

commercial agent..... R 1117 

committee of Congress. R 1114 

charge d’affaires. R 1115 

Chief Justice. R 1114 

consul. R 1117 

Honors and distinctions in general...'....R 1151-1183 

Honorable discharges (see also Discharges): 

claims for.......' ....... 7. .. R 3607 

enlistment unexpired............ R 3607 

persons entitled to 1..... 7 . R 3607 

Hospitai-s........... 7 .......:...7. 13221-3201 

admission and discharge of officer.’.’...'...’.*.77.7....I 5247 (36) 

ambulance service.... i...... ; ... I 3261 

Army and Navy, admission into............ R 4531 

assimilation to, of hospital ship..... 7. ... R 2914 

bill books...........’... I 3258 

changes in........'.7..V.. —. — I 3224 

civil employees cared for at...7.7.7..— .7... I 3411 (2) 

civil, transfer of patients to and from.J......;_........ I 5222 (5bb), 5247 (48); R 4532 

classification of...7.7...7.7. .7.7.7...7. . .. .7.....77! .717.I 4804 (8) 

diet tables.......7.7...7............7...... J..............7... I 3232,3233 

discharge of marines from.1...... 1.1..7........1...... I 3551 

discharges for disability__....77.7 ..7.77'..7.72".7..77'...'.7..'.. I 3236 

employees. (See Employees, civil.) 

fleet surgeon to inspect..'.".......... —... —..7.7-1.I 1122 (0) 

furniture, purchase of...........:.."... I... I 3224 

grounds, changes in...1...'—..... I 3224 

health records........v..... I 3238 

inspection, by board of inspection for shore stations__..:....-.- R 158 

inspections by commander in chief.....—..... —..:. I 906,907 

mail, handling of....v......7..7. I 5402 (5) 

medical officer- 

duties of...;...... —... I 3221-3261 

to receive hospital ticket.:.....:........2.1.I 5222 (5u) 

medical supplies, inspection........- - -.-. I 3225 

medical survey in case of chronic disorders...... I 3221 

members of Hospital Corps subsisted at......'.... I 5247 (11) 

nurse corps (female), eligible for duty at.........: —..- - - J 3261 

officer of the day, duties.. ......•...-----... I 3227 

officers admitted to....... ;...... ... I 3221 

officers in, mess bill...........- -.- - - — - - - —.. 1 825 







































































350 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Hospital-s—Continued. 

patients— Art. 

admission and discharge of.........I 3222,3234 

character of duties.....,.I 3230,3231 

left by sailing of ship.. I 3235 

papers........... X 3229 

pay of. R 3582 

prescription book..,........ I 3253 

property, expenditure of...,...... I 3255 

ration notice on admission to and discharge from.I 5247 (20,27) 

rations, transfer of. R 4521 

regulations, approval of, by Secretary of the Navy. I 3239 

regulations for. I 3239 

report, by commander in chief, of men sent to... I 910 

requisitions for medical stores. I 2119 

sanitary inspection of, report..I 5212,5214 

sanitary reports. I 3259 

sick, treatment of. I 3223 

subsistence at. I 3231 

supernumerar ies, admission and retention of. I 5247 (52) 

supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. R 133 

transfer of marines to.. I 3551 

transfer of patients; report...I 5212,5214 

transfer to, of patients.. R 2961 

upkeep of... R 183 

wards, care of.:. I 3228 

weekly sick report. I 3238 

Hospital apprentice, detailed as sick-bay recorder.;. I 2642 

Hospital buildings and grounds, changes in... I 3224 

Hospital Corps (See also Medical officers): 

afloat, instruction of members of. I 2642 

deposits, receiving of, forbidden. I 3260 

detail of, to hospital ship. R 2914 

discharges. R 3601 

donations. I 3260 

drill regulations for. I 602 

efficiency report on transfer. I 5222 (5), 5247 (16) 

enlisted men to be members of surgeon’s division.. I 2130 

enlistment of. R 133,3525 

gifts to. I 3260 

hospital and ambulance service performed by.'.. I 3261 

medical-examination report.I 5222 (5w) 

forwarding of.. I 5247 (35) 

members of, subsisted at hospitals. I 5247 (11) 

military duties by. R 1540 

pay of. R 4427 (28) 

professional examination. R 3551 

promotion. R 133,3551 

surgery, instruction in. I 2642 

training of, in technical schools. R 3901 

transfers to. R 3551 

Hospital expenses, patients in foreign ports. R 2962 

Hospital fund. R 4404,4428 

Hospital service, Hospital Corps to perform...... I 3261 

Hospital ships. R 2911-2926 

accounts. R 4404 

articles carried on, in time of war. R 2917 

assimilation of, to shore hospital. R 2914 

























































351 

(1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 

Hospital ships—Continued. Art. 

chief engineer of.. R 2920 

classification of, as naval auxiliary....'... R 2915 

commanding officer of.....R 1042,2914 

authority of........ R 2919 

to arrange messes....... I 4001 

complement of.......R 113,2923 

condition of, supervision of master... R 2924 

crew of............ R 2914 

classification of.... R 2923 

designation of........ R 2911 

first officer, general duties of...... R 2925 

flag flown by......... R 2916 

general duties of......... R 2911 

general instructions governing. I 4001-1020 

government of...... r . R 2913 

inspection of, supervision ol commander in chief. R 2918 

masters, authority of. R 2924 

medical officer in command, reports of. I 5231 

neutrality of. R 2917 

Nurse Corps (female) eligible for duty on. I 3261 

officers. 1 4001-4020 

officers, classification of... R 2923 

orders to. R 2919 

painting of. R 2916 

persons permitted abroad. R 2911 

purpose of. R 2911 

rating of. R 1035 

responsibility for, at sea. R 2919 

safety of, supervision of master. R 2924 

sanitary inspection of; report.I 5212,5214 

supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery...*. R 2911 

supervision of supervisor of naval auxiliaries.. R 2915 

transportation of articles aboard. R 2921 

transportation on...♦. R 2912 

transports in war, use as...... R 2917 

Hospital stewards: 

enlistment of....... R 3525 

general duties of.. R 3402 

instructors, duty as. I 2642 

marines not to be assigned as...-. I 3641 

Hospital stores, inspection by fleet surgeon....—..11122 (2) 

Hospital tickets: 
forwarding of— 

to department.I 5247 (20) 

to medical officer of hospital....-... I 5222 (5n) 

patients admitted to hospital...-. I 3229 

transfer cases. V 2961 

Hull-s: ... . _ 

care and preservation of.. .... I 2702,2707 

material for, specifications for inspection of. I 604 

Hull board: 

reports, list ol, submitted to commanding officer. I 5222 

ship’s bottom, examination of..... I 5222 

Hydrographic Office: 

dangers to navigation, reports.. I 5355 

publication and issue of charts and books.. I 60-1 





















































[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Identification record: Art. 

recruits..... T 5221 (18); R 3523 

persons discharged for misconduct or by courts-martial sentence.....I 5221 (20) 

Ill health: 

leave on aocount of...... R 3707 

unotficialcertificates of. ....... — ... R 2958 

Illiterates, instruction given to.....7.7.. I 2505 

Illness: 

commandant, naval station report to department concerning.1.. R 1045 

commander in chief, reports concerning to Navy Department. R 1045 

officers, detached service, report to department concerning.. .7... R 1045 

Immoral practices, suppression of....... R 1 

Importing dutiable goods, punishment for....... R 12 

Imprisonment imposed instead of death penalty.... R 7 

Improper language, in hospital ships, forbidden.. R 4012 

Inaptitude, discharge for..7.... R 3601 

Incapacity, marine officers....... I 3662 

Incompetence: 

disrating for, by summary courts-martial. R 31 

officers, report on..... R 341 

sentence for, disrating mandatory... R 619 

trial for, by summary courts-martial..... R 608 

Indebtedness, officers’messes... I 825 

Independent duty: 

fitness reports of officers on......... I 707 

officers’periodical physical exercises......... I 709 

Indorsements: 

correspondence forwarded....... I 5305 

correspondence, not official, without complete... I 5329 

heads of departments to prepare, for commanding officer.. I 5326 

file copies...1.I 5310,5352 

instructions concerning. I 5307,5312,5313 

summary court-martial, by medical officer.. R 2967 

telegrams.... I 5349 

Inefficiency: 

investigated by court of inquiry.. R 401 

offi cers, special reports on........ I 707 

punishment for.... R 8 

Infantry battalion, ship’s, organization of...I 2505 (6) 

Infected clothing, destruction of, to prevent spread of disease.. I 4750 

Infected ports: 

milk, etc., not allowed from..... I 2618 (2) 

water not to be used....... I 2621 

Infectious disease, on ships ( see also Contagious disease). I 916 

Inflammable materials, stowage of. I 2707 

Information: 

circulars of..:..-....I 602,604 

intelligence, officers to acquire. I 2511 

international, political, or military, how addressed..... I 5324 

late official, ships shall seek. I 2612 

nautical, publication of.. I 604 

Injuries: 

employees, civil.. I 391,392 

employees’ shore stations, rules governing. I 3411 

Injuries to ships, willfull, punishment for........... R 4 

Inquest, boards of ( see also Boards of inquest).R 321-323 

Insane, enlisting of, forbidden.... R 19 

Insanitary articles, survey of....... I 4735 























































353 

[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 


Insignia of command, where flown. 

Insolence, punishment for.. 

Inspecting officers: 

executive officers to act as. 

general duties of. 

Inspection-s: 

accounts. 

compartments and section departments. 

division of ( see also Division of Inspection). 

double bottoms. 

evening, master at arms, duties regarding. 

flag officer. 

fleet surgeon’s..... 

fuel-oil compartments... 

health record, by commanding officer, or fleet surgeon... 

holds and storerooms. 

hospital ships... 

supervision of commander in chief. 

hospitals, by commander in chief... 

bull material, specifications for.. 

living spaces, etc. 

machinery, report on........ 

Marine Corps, when held... 

material— 

bureau’s.. 

received on contract or requisition. 

medical supplies......— 

at hospitals. 

naval station, supervision of executive officer. 

pay officer’s account, report on. 

quarters, daily..—- 

reports of. 

sick bay, dispensary, etc... .'.. 

storerooms, times of, designated by commanding officer. 

stores afloat. 

Sunday, not to be held on. 

supplies when received on contractor’s requisition.. 

Inspection of ships: 

board of inspection and survey... 

flag officers, honors for....... 

in reserve, by Board of Inspection and Survey. 

medical officer.. 

newly commissioned, by board of inspection and survey 
Inspector-s, navy yards: 

appeals from commandants’ decision. 

correspondence forwarded to.. 

Instruction-s: 

books, etc., of, preparation and distribution of.. 

crew. 

electric plant, care and preservation of. 

first aid... 

fleet, copies forwarded to department... 

illiterates. 

Instructors, petty officers, training as. 

Instruments, navigation, instruction of men in use of. 

Insular forces, transfer of. 

Insular possessions, geographical names in. 

96220—17-24 


Art. 

........ R 1236 

_.... R 8 

.. R 1063 

.. R 1063 

. I 5261 

.. 1 2702 

.. R 157 

.. I 2702 

.. 1 2640 

. I 908 

_.... I 1122 

..... I 2702 

.:..... 12117 

.. I 2626 

......... 14018 

. R 2918 

. I 908,1122 (6) 

.. I 604 

. I 2702 

..... I 5212,5214 

T o.™ 


.. R 103 

....... 14678 

. I 4678 

. I 3225 

. R 1063 

...I 5212,5214 

.. I 2602 

. I 5335 

. I 2104 

.. R 1063 

. I 4482 

....I 2602 (7) 
. I 4678 

. R 157 

.. R 1130,1132 

.. R 157 

... 12114,2115 
. R 157 

. 15340 

. 1 5340 

. 1 601-606 

... 1 2505 (1-6) 

. 12707 

I 2109; R 2956 

. I 902 

. 1 2505 

.I 2505 (2) 

. I 2505 (1) 

. R 3581 

. 1716 





















































354 


II indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Art. 

Insular service......— — --....J7W 

Intelligence reports; 

commanding officer to require officers to make..>.«-••* 25^ 

from foreign country sent in duplicate... .. ;; - .. - - -. . - • I 5331 

Interchange of visits with foreign ships.......-. R 1207 

Interment, expenses of (see also Funeral exoenses).> R 4551 

International Code, hospital ships shall use......o- 14003 

International law, observance of..- -. R 1502 

Interpreter; 

courts of inquiry........ R 417 

examining board, officer acting as......- R 333 

Intoxicated men: -.h-.. .. 

arrest of....... R 1432 

confinement of.-..- - * - R 1431 

, • • • • • J**''**'* * 

enlisting of, forbidden........ R 19 

Intoxicants: 

' • 'TV ... .... •• t * •••*•* 

enlisted man’s possession of, forbidden.... R 1539 

forbiddance of, aboard hospital ships... , T ., ... R 2922 

report of use of, by officers.... n . I 707 

trial for unlawful possession of.......,..,. R. 008 

Invalids: 

reports of, by commander in chief.. I 910 

transportation of..I 953,954 

Inventors, certificates to, officers forbidden to give.,,.,. R 1523 


Inventory-ies: 

arrest of pay officer..7.77. 

effects of disabled persons... 

equipage, officer in charge of, detached. 

medical property......7...^. 

officers' mess stock..... .'... —.... 

transfer of medical property..'._777'.7...7. ...7. 

Investigation: 

bpard of.7.77.77.7.7....... 

delay of, in case of report ... ,7....... ,7, -. 

misconduct reports........7....'7 

not precluded by fitness reports...... 

Invoices (see also Accounts; Stores and supplies; Supply accounts): 

medical stores (see also Medical stores).......7 

requisition and prices, forwurding of. 

shipments by Government conveyance (see also Shipments).... 

stores afloat, before discharge of yeoman.... 

Irons,’single or double, use of, restricted..._ .7'....... 

Irreverent behavior forbidden during divine service.. 

Jacks-of-the-dust, assignment to pay division.7 

January First, observance of. 

Jewels, safe-keeping aboard ship.... 

Jib, use of, in saluting......V.77.. 

Journal, Electrical. . 

Journal, Medical. (See Medical journal.) 

Judge advocate: 

courts of inquiry.:.........7.. 

general court martial. (See General court-martial.) 

Judge Advocate General: 

boards of investigation...... 

court-martial orders............... 

deck-court records forwarded to...1. 

designation of. ..77..7....7.... 

forms of procedure......... 


.. R 1420 

. I 718 

. 1 4421 

. I 2124,5222,5247 (1) 

.. 1825 

.15247 (17) 

. R 316 

. R 1428 

. R 1428 

. 1707 






. 12118 

.. 15222 (5e), 5247 (6) 

7.’..... 1 4624 

... R 3605 

.. R 24,30,019 


I 2203 (1) 
. R 1289 
. R 1510 
,. R 1211 
. I 2615 


. R 58,409,417,430 

b <>3 b^brevno! esiqo >>■)!. 

.................77... R 316 

. I 601 

.. R 516 

.,,,. R 1006 

..I 601-606 



















































355 


(I indicates instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Judge Advocate General—Continued. 

general court-martial records forwarded to. 

general duties. 

officers retired, rank of, while serving as. 

papers signed by direction of the Secretary. 

publications, printing and issue of.. 

questions of law... 

rank of. 

regulations, books, orders, etc., distribution of. 

summary court-martial proceedings. 

title of.. 

July Fourth, observance of.. 

Jumping ship, punishment for.. 

Junior medical officers (see also Medical officers): 

consultations with medical officers. 

general duties of. 

health records.. 

inspection, provisions and bumboats.. 

medical reports.. 

permission to leave ship.. 

Junior officers, line: 

fitness reports of. 

food, complaints as to.. 

quarters of. 

watch duty. 

watch quarter and station bills. 

Junior officers’ wine mess... 

Jurisdiction, questions of, referred to Navy Department 

Killed and wounded, reports of. 

Knotting and splicing, instruction in.. 

Laboratories: 

medical... 

medical stores, transfers of..— 

Labor board (see also Employees, civil). 

Labor Day, observance of..... 

Labor employment (see also Employees, civil).... 

Ladies aboard ship..... 

Lamps: 

emergency..... 

oil, tested monthly..:.... 

Land-grant railroads, shipments of supplies over. 

Landing force, organization of... 

Landings, precedence of senior officers.. 

Landsmen, enlistment of. 

Laundry, sick persons. 

Law of nations, observance of... 

Leadsmen, instruction of. 

Leave of absence and liberty... 

Leave of absence: 

applications for. 

authority of commanding officer to grant. 

civilian crew of hospital ship. 

definition of...-. 

employees, civil.. 

enlisted men.-. 

forbidden during coaling. 

granting of, by commandant, navy yard. 

length of.'.... 


Art. 

R 812,850 

.A... R 103 

.R 1006 

................ 15317 

..:.. 1604 

.. R 334 

... R 1006 

..A.. 1 601-606 

... 1 5333; R 624 

...........I.... R 1006 

.. R 1286 

.. R 8 

.1 2106; R 2978 

..R 2920,2976 

... R 2977 

................ 12113 

. R 2977 

.. R 2979 

............... 1707 

... I 2618 (3) 

................ I 806 

..I 2507-2510 

.............. I 2501 (8) 

.1827 

.. 1 5303 

I 1122,5212,5214; R 2061 
.. I 2505 

... R 133 

... 12118 

.. 1231 

.. R 1289 

_.......... I 231-404 

... R 1537 

.............. I 2607 (9) 

... 1 2607 (13) 

...-. 1 5353 

. 1 2505 (6) 

.. R 1178 

.. R 3525 

.. 12121 

... R 1502 

.. 1 2505 

.. R 3701-3710 

.... I 5325 

.. R 3705 

.. 14011 

........... R 3704,3706 

.. 1401-404 

. R 3710 

.. R 3709 

. R 3703 

.. R 3706 
























































[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Leave of absence—Continued. 

men in debt to the Government. 

number of days reported. 

officers— 

delegation of duties. 

disposition of health record. 

mess bill.. 

on foreign station. 

restriction in number. 

returning to the United States. 

upon, orders to duty. 

pay of female nurses while on. 

report of return. 

reports to department. 

senior officer present may grant. 

ship under sailing orders. 

travel time allowed... 

without the United States. 

Leaving ship: 

officers senior to the executive. 

permission for. 

Leaving station, punishment for. 

Legation, secretary of. 

Legislation, influencing of, forbidden. 

Lending money, restrictions regarding. 

Letters (see also Correspondence): 

file number. 

official, filing of copies. 

Liability: 

Offenses committed, time limit for. 

time limit for punishment for desertion. 

Liberty......... 

definition of term. 

deprivation of. 

enlisted men. 

forbidden during coaling. 

. hospital ships... 

percentage of crew to be allowed. 

restriction in number. 

restriction of, in unhealthy port. 

Liberty list, preparation of. 

Lieatenant-s: 

assignment to command. 

commanding officer, flat truck on pennant staff 
Lifeboats: 

equipment and provisioning of. 

hospital ships... 

in port and at sea. 

Life buoys: 

hospital ships. 

readiness for use. 

test of. 

watch to be kept. 

Light, officers ashore. 

Light-s.............'... 

extinguishing of; regulations. 

gangways.... 

handling explosives. 


.betmr 

. 


Art. 

R 3710 
R 3706 


,lo jfi 


. R 3708 

. 1708 

........ 1826 

. R 3706 

.... R 3708 

.. 1706 


...... 


. R 1511 

. R 4428 

R 1063,3705 

. R 3706 

..... R 3703 
..... R 3705 
R 3703,3706 
. R 3701 


_ R 3709 

.... R 3709 
R 4 

.... R 1116 
R 1517,1518 
R 1509,1524 

. 15312(16) 
.... 1 5352 


...... R 61 

. R 62 

.. R 3701-3710 

. R 3704 

. R 24,30,3670 


' 7 \‘ 


... R 3710 

...... R 3709 

...... I 4020 

. R 3708 

. R 3708 

I 952,2617 (2) 
.. I 2624 


v — 


10r 1 






R 1037 
R 1250 


.... I 2502 
.... 14018 

.. 1 2502 (4) 


.... I 4018 
.... 1 2504 

.... 1 2504 

.... 1 2504 

R 4513,4521 
.... 1 2607 

. 12607(16) 
.... R 1175 
. I 2007 (11) 































































357 


(I indicates Instructions 

Light-s—Continued. 

< lamps or lanterns for emergencies.-.. 

man-of-war.... 

medical storerooms.. 

officers', quarters, regulations. 

opening magazines. 

rainy or cloudy weather. 

special, officers’ use, extension. 

standing. 

storerooms. 

time of war. 

uncovered, regulations. 

Lightning conductors, carpenter’s examination of 
Limitation of punishment, general courts-martial. 
Line officer-s (see also. Officers): 

detaii of, under staff officers at navy yards. 

military command, exercised by. 

rank taben by. 

retired list, title taken by. 

Line titles, use of. 

Linen, officers’ messes.. 

Liquors: 

admission on board. 


It indicates Regulations?] 




: • Art. 

.. I 2607 (11) 

. R 1258 

.................. I 2351 

... I 2607 (5) 

.. 'S . I 2638 

.I 2007 (8) 

.. 1 2007 (6) 

..I 2007 (4) 

. R 3402 

.I 2607 (12) 

... 1 2007 (10) 

.:. I 2029 

.... R 63 

brmonq inoo 

... R 1043 

.. R 1002,1003 

.... It 1002 

. R 1002 

. R 1006 

. I 828 

.In fnemMUm 

.. R 13 


distilled.... I 827; R 13.1539 

enlisted men’s possession of, forbidden----- li ..... R, 1539 

intoxicating, forbiddance of, aboard hospital ships........... R 2922 

Living spaces, inspection of.............•.... 1 2702 

Loaded boats, salutes, how rendered............. . R 1177 

Loans, public property, prohibited--...-.-............- , .. R 1507 

Lobbying, combinations of officers for.......... R 1515 

Lockers, wine moss-----...-— .-A..... I 827 

Log: 

changes in, made by officer of watch..—.. ...... ..... ’.. I 2615 

collision drill, time requirod for, entered in... I 2605 (1) 

commanding officer’s duty regarding....... . ... I 2615 (2) 

confidential orders^..•..■«^.... I 2615 
date of— laqroO snlmM ,* 0 .*f>iL 8 fn«oO fjsieosi 

arrest entered in........- R 1433 

confinement entered in............ R 1433 

restoration to duty entered in.-.•...-. R 1433 

suspension entered in..... R 1433 

dec k—court entries...... ......... -.*... ■».. .....................Tv 514 

deaths entered in....*•.. R 20,2119 

desertions entered in.......... .....—...... . R 20 

draft of ship entered in.......•. - - - T 2615 (5) 

flood cocks, etc., testing of, entered in..—... —. —......... I 2628 

hospitalships.. I 4016 

magazine inspection recorded daily.........: I 2628 

punishments and releases entered in..........- -.. R 1433 

signals entered in.. R 1541 

summary court-martials recorded in... • R 624 

Log, electric....-.- T 2707 

Log, steam. (See Steam log.) 

Logistics, strategy.- - - * I 5 ^54 (5) 

Long-distance telephone, private establishments.-. I 715 

Looting, punishment for.-.. R 8 

Loss of life, court of nquiry investigation..-. R 401 

Loss of money, report of...-.— - • ^ *®09 

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358 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Loss of pay: 

court-martial sentences involving... 

sentences, how stated. 

Loss of ship, inquiry into.- 

Lost anchors, recovery of.... 

Lowering sails, restrictions in... 

Machiners (see also Boilers): 

hospital ships, overhauling of. 

inspection of, report.. 

Machinists: 

appointment of.... 

assignment to duty.. 

assistant engineer, duties . 

classification of, as line officers. 

coal bunkers, precautions in entering. 

coal gas, tests for.... 

general duties....... 

presence and supervision of work.... 

restriction to engineering duty. 

Machinists’ mates: 

assignment of, to engine-room watch. 

enlistment of.. 

Magazines (see also Ammunition): 

inspection of...... 

lights and fires extinguished when opened. 

matches forbidden on persons entering. 

opening of......... — 

shut off in cas : of fire... . 

temperature of........ 

Mail (see also Correspondence): 

crew to be informed of, regarding.... 

official- 

addressing of..... 

handling of... 

ship’s...... 

signature of........ 

Major General Commandant, Marine Corps: 

account current, forwarding of.... 

address of officers.... 

annual reports.... 

finger-print records, forwarding of... 

fitness of officers, report on. 

fitness records for examining boards... 

Marino Corps. 

marine staff. 

medical surveys, reports of. 

monthly reports, list of... 

naval regulations, instructions, orders, books, etc 

paymaster’s clerks, appointment of.... 

reports— 

list of.... 

made to, of charges of offenses. 

monthly, of publications required. 

retiring boards. 

service record, blank. 

uniform regulations, preparation of. 

witnesses for general courts-martial. 

Malaria, precautions against. 

Malingering, cases of, reported by medical officer.... 





”u w.ruiMUMi 




Art. 

. R 30 

. R 619 

.... R 441,442 

. 1 2631 

.. R 1196 

.I 4020 (8) 

... 1 5212,5214 

. R 3315 

....... 1 2509 

.I 2509 (4) 

. R 1013 

. 1 3227 

. I 3327 

. I 2509 

- I 2509 (8) 

.. R 1013 


.. 12509 

. R 3525 

. 1 2628 

.I 2607 (11),2638 

.I 2607 (15) 

. I 2638 

. I 2506 

. I 2628 

..I 2501 (6) 

. 1 5322 

. 1 5322 

. I 916 

.. I 5317-5320 

. I 5261 

. I 705 

. I 5261 

.I 5261 (7) 

. I 707 

. R 334 

.... 1 3551-3671 

. R 4142 

I 5247 (22); R 363-365 

. I 5261 

. 1601 

. R 4142 

. I 5261 

. R 1407 

. I 602 

. R 343 

. I 3208 

. I 601-606 

. R 745 

. I 952 

. R 2955 


























































359 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Maltreatment: f . 

prize crews, punishment of.......... R 17 

subordinates, punishment for.!....... .. R 8 

Man overboard, rescuing facilities. I 2608 

Maneuvers: 


report of, by commander in chief..'. 

ships engaged in, honors between. 

Manning the rail, President’s inspection. 

Manning yards...........!.’...!. 

Man-of-war lights. 

Manual of work, Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Manual for government of naval prisoners. 

Manuals: 

issue of, by bureaus. 

preparation, distribution, and records of. 

Manufacturing plants, private, telephones at. 

Maps, publication and issue of. 

Marine barracks (see also Marine Corps; Marine officers): 

ambulance service.:. 

cells, inspection of. 

commanding officer orders summary courts-martial. 

drills at.... 

examination of recruits by yard medical officer. 

guardroom, inspection of.... 

inspections, when held..... 

marines on board ship, when drilled at. 

prisons, inspection of. 

service at. 

vaccination of recruits. 

Marine Corps (seealso Marine barracks; Marine officers). 

address of officers... r . rr , - 

allowances forfeited by general courts-martial. 

appointments. 

assignment of quarters on board ship. 

bad-conduct discharge. 

changes in naval regulations and publications, recommendations 
clothing- 

allowance, settlement of.... 

. not to be disposed of .. 

commutation of quarters. 

daily report of sick at navy yard. 

desertions......— 

detail for special work.-. 

dishonorable discharge. 

duties not performed by.- -.. 

examination of paymaster’s clerks.... 

examining boards..•- - -.. -.- - -..- 

expert riflemen, record sheets..-. 

fitness, reports of officers.- - -.. 

foreign service, time of...... - -.- - -. 

forfeiture of allowances...- - - -.. 

forms of procedure...- - - - - -.- -. 

health records—.. ----- . 

master-at-arms, members of, not detailed as.... 

medical surveys, reports of.....- - - -. 

navy yards (see also Marine barracks).. 

noncommissioned officers— 

not detailed as messmen.... 

precedence taken by.-.. 


. 1916 

...... . R 1159 

... R 1101,1182 

- .R 1182 

.. .,... R 1258 

. .....r.--- 1604 

.. 1604 

.. R 901 

. I 602,603 

...,.I 715 

- .. I 604 

.-. I 3261 

.-. I 3578 

. ... R 26 

... I 2604 

. I 3161 

... 1 3578 

.. 1 3578 

. I 2604 

. I 3578 

. r? , r7 ..'- 1.3578 

...... .,.... 13211 

- .I 3551-3671;R 4142,4151 

.. I 704-706 

.R 816 

....4.....V.R 4142 

. I 803-808 

.-*. I 3551 

..’...-. 1601 

.... R 817 

‘ l ■ ■■lF r . . 

. I 711 

.. ^. R 4513 

.. 13161 

.. I 3551 

..1.... 1 3641 

....I 3551; R 817 

.. I 3641 

.. v .,.. R 4142 

...I 3662,3664 

. I 3666 

. I 707 

... 1 3551 

..- R 816 

.. I 601-606 

.. 1 3257 

_,,. 1 3641 

... I 363-365 

.. 1 3578 

.. 1 3641 

..2;.....,. R 1026 

























































360 

[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Marine Corps—Continued. 

offenses.•.. • • *. 

paymasters’ clerks, appointment of. 

prisoners, issues to....... 

privates of, precedence taken by. 

promotions.-... 

publications, printing and issue of.•'.- — 

punishments... 

recruiting...- .. 

reduction of noncommissioned officers... 

retirement of officers.. 

retiring boards. 

room allowance ashore. 

service— 

afloat... 

at barracks..... 

record, how kept.—........ 

shipments of stores in naval vessels... 

stafi of.. — 

supplies.-.. 

system of accountability.... 

transfers.-. 

uniform regulations, conformance to enjoined. 

uniform regulations, preparation of. 

withdrawal from ship to be provided for. 

Marine detachments: 

requests for filling vacancies in. 

withdrawal to be provided for. 

Marine examining board: 

candidate, when not present...— 

candidates, qualification for promotion. 

findings— 

confidential..... 

presence of candidate forbidden. 

mental fitness, medical report. 

order of examination.. 

proceedings.. 

physical fitness, medical report.. 

recommendations of... 

recorder. 

rules regarding. 

Marine officers (see also Marine barracks; Marine Corps): 

deck courts. 

disrating, classification for..... 

examination for promotion... 

failure to pass examination... 

fitness, mental and physical, for promotion. 

incapacitation of... 

inspections, when held... 

marks on fitness reports.... 

pay accounts of marines... 

physical disability. 

promotions.... 

quarantine, observance of... 

quarters..... 

quarters assigned to, on board ship... 

rank taken by. 

reduction of noncommissioned officers. 

reexamination.... 

retirement of. 


Art. 

I 3551 
R 4142 
R 817 
R 1026 
R 3332,3669-3670 

. I 604 

.. 1 3551 

......... R 41§1 

. R 816 

......... R 343 

.. R 343 

.......... R 4513 

......... 1 3641 

......... 1 3578 

. I 3551 

. I 4624 

......... R 4142 

. I 4654 (1) 

. I 604 

. I 3551 

. I 711 

. I 601-606 

.I I 2505 (6) 

.. I 5340 

. I 2505 (6) 

......... I 3667 

R 3669,3670,3671 

......... 13668 

......... 1 3667 

. I 3670 

.. I 3669 

.. I 3667 

-.. I 367 0 

......... I 3668 

.. I 3666 

13664 

. R 501-517 

.R 619 

. I 3662,3665 

......... 13662 

. I 3670,3671 

.. I 3662 

.. 1 3578 

. I 707 

... I 4890 

.. I 3662 

.. I 3662-3671 

..... R 3801-3803 

.. 1804 

.. I 8C6 

..... R 1010,1011 

. R 816 

I 3662 

. R 343 
























































361 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Marine officers—Continued. Art. 

sanitary inspection....... I 3578 

service afloat. . . ..... I 3641 

summary courts-martial............. R 601-627 

Marine quartermaster, clothing allowance for marine prisoners (see also Marine barracks; Quar¬ 
termaster) .........I... R 817 

Marking of body, infliction of, forbidden....... R 49 

Marks, officers, fitness reports..... ..... I 707 

Marksmanship, entries of, in service record.,... R 3544 

Mast, procedure of commanding officer while holding....... R 1428 

Master-at-arms: 


absentees, disposal of effects—........... I 2637 

bumboats, inspection of... I 2351 

clearing lower decks.....!. I 2639 

deserters, disposal of efiects.. I 2637 

evening inspection...... I 2640 

gambling........... I 2351 

garbage, disposal of........ I 2632 

holds and storerooms, inspection of........ I 2626 

injury to Government property....'.It.. I 2351 

inspections at night...... I 2607 (16) 

jumping ship, to prevent.*.... I 2351 

lights and fires, duties of, regarding..... I 2607 

magazines, lights extinguished when opened.. I 2638 

marines not detailed as......^.... I 3641 

personal effects of enlisted men, disposal of.... I 2637 

prisoners........ I 2626 

profane language, to prevent......... I 2351 

refuse, disposal of...... I 2632 

smoking, regulations regarding........♦.... I 2625 

thieving, to prevent..... I 2351 

unclaimed private property...... I 2351 

visitors kept clear of messing spaces during meal hours.I.I 2618 (4) 

Master mechanics, eye, prevention of injury....-... I 392 

Master of hospital ship (see also Hospital ship): 

adjustment of accounts...... I 4006 

authority of.... R 2919,2924 

general responsibilities of... R 2924 

Matches aboard ship.* I 2607 (15) 


Material: 

inspection of. 

reports concerning, damage to. 

sale of. ------ ..-.. 

ships at navy yards, emergency contracts for 

surveys aboard ship. 

Mates: 

authority of... 

precedence taken by.. 

rating of, by Secretary of the Navy. 

Mathematics, professors of, rank taken by. 


. I 4678 

. I 5332 

I 4735,4749,4750 
..... I 4472 (8) 
I 4735,4749,4750 

. R 1015 

........ R 1014 

........ R 1014 

_.... R 1005 


Mattresses: 

covers, number required.....-.I 2617 (4) 

ticking, when washed....... I 2617 (4) 

Maximum punishments, general courts-martial. It 63 

May 30, observance of..........-. R 1286 

Meal hours: 

boat schedules arranged for...... I 2608 

crew not disturbed during. I 2618 

personal honors dispensed with. R 1168 





















































362 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Meals: 

junior officer stationed at galley. 

not served before meal hour.'.. 

Mechanical devices, inspection of.... 

Medical attendance: 

"r ’ ''rVUf . i. * 

emergence cases, expenses for... .... ..... 

officers entitled to. 

persons not in the Navy, authority of commander in chief to order.... 

Medical boards, surveys of....... 

Medical Corps, candidates for admission or promotion in..... 

Medical department... ........ 

financial dealings of employees with patients. 

general duties of..*........... 

inspection of, by fleet surgeon...:. 

navy yards... 

Medical directors, rank taken by. 

Medical examiner (see also Board of medical examiners): 

enlistment examinations......7.7.'..... 

physical disqualifications waived. 

physical examination of recruits entered on service record..... 1........... 

Medical history, officer’s: 

original entries sent to department....._ 

report on............... 

Medical inspectors, rank taken by....... 

Medical instructions....... .'.... . 

Medical journal: 

commanding officer to Inspect.7....... 

forwarding of. 7.7 .. '. . 

medicines, inspection of . .7 .. 7 . 7 ..'... 

officer of the day to keep daily.. 

records.:... 

water, examination of, recorded in..... 7 . 

Medical laboratories, supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Medical list, report of.. . ....... 

Medical officers (see also Hospital Corps): 

absence of.. 1 

abstract of patients...:..... 

accidents in absence of........ 

acids, stowage of....'.•.... 

annual sick report.:___ .... __ 

appointment of. 

Army, examining at periodical physical examinations. 

ashore...... 

abstract of patients, quarterly report on. 

admission and discharge of officer in hospital, report on.. 

admission and retention of supernumeraries at hospitals. 

annual reports, list of. 

bill form, forwarding of...... 

blank forms, requests for.. 

clinical cards, monthly report. 

deaths, report of.... .•. 

descriptive cards. 

efficiency report, transfer of Hospital Corps man. ...... 

general duties of.... .:.. :.: ... 

headstones for unmarked graves in naval cemeteries .. ..... . 

health records of officers and enlisted men, report on.. 

Hospital Corps, examination report. 

hospital ticket, forwarding of.... 


Art. 

. I 2618 (3) 

.......... I 2618 (4) 

... I 2629,2702 

.. R 4534 

.... 1 3222 

............. R 1607 

.. R 361-366 

.. I 5247 (7) 

.. R 2901-2994 

. I 3260 

.. R 2901 

. I 1122 (2) 

. R 4006 

............. R 1005 

.. 1 3201-3212 

13209 

............. 13208 

... I 5222 (5d) 

- ...... I 5247 (4) 

.. R 1005 

... I 3201-3261 

....7 .: T 2619 

I 5222 (5y), 5247 (40) 

.. 1 3225 

.......... 13227 (2) 

. 1 3251-3252 

............ 12112 

.....' .. R 133 

.. 13254 

.7.. R 2968 

I 5222 (5f) 

- ...... R 4563 

.......... 12707 (5) 

.. 1 3254 

. R 332,3305 

1709 

. R 2951-2994 

. 15247 (8) 

. 15247 (36,38) 

......... 15247 (37) 

.. 15222 (5), 5247 (2) 

. 1 5247 (30,31) 

.. 1 5247 (24) 

1 5247 (12) 
......... I 5247 ( 23) 

. 1 5447(14,25) 

......... 15247(16) 

.. R 2901 

.......... 15247(5) 

...... 1 5247 (33,34) 

. 1 5247(35) 

.I 5247 (20) 























































363 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Medical officers—Continued. 

ashore—continued. Art. 

hospitals (see also Hospitals)...I 3221-3261 

attendants’ mess.... 13232 

billhooks....... 13258 

discharge for disability. I 3236 

emergency cases... 13229 

examination of case papers... I 3226 

health record, signing of, persons surveyed.. 1 3237 

inspection of medical supplies, etc...... I 3225 

interior regulation of..... 1 3239 

journal. 1 3251 

patients— 

admission and discharge...I 3229,3234 

clerical duties. I 3231 

remaining after ship sails.. I 3235 

used for duty...... 1 3230 

ration allowance......... I 3232,3233 

sanitary reports....... 13259 

subsistence of extra men.. 1 3231 

surveys. 13221,3236 

visiting sick. 1 3228 

ward, responsibility of..... I 3228 

weekly presentation of case papers. I 3226 

weekly sick report...... 13238 

inventory of property upon transfer, report on...I 5247 (17) 

medical history of officers....... I 5222 (5d), 5247 (4) 

merit roll of candidates for admission or promotion in Medical Corps.... I 5247 (7) 

monthly reports, list of..... I 5222 (5), 5247 (12,13) 

navy yards...... R 40C6 

• daily report of sick.... 1 3461 

employees, civil, eye protectors, required. I 392 

examinations. I 3461 

inspection of medical supplies..•... I 4678 

ship’s medical outfits when going out of commission. I 2124 

operations, annual report on. I 5247 (2) 

public bills. 1 5248 

quarterly report. i 5247 

ration notice on admissions to and discharges from hospitals. I 5247 (26,27) 

reports, list of. I 5247 

requisitions.. I 5247 (6,28,29) 

sanitary report. I 5247 (3,13) 

semiannual reports..I 5247 (6,7) 

sick, weekly report on... 15247 (15) 

statistical report, quarterly. I 5247 (9) 

survey on medical property, report of. I 5247 (18,19) 

transfer of Hospital Corps man, efficiency report. I 5247 (16) 

transfer of patients to and from civil hospitals. I 5247 (32) 

transfers from hospital to ship or station..I 5247 (39) 

weekly reports.. 1 6247(14,15) 

assigned to command of hospital ship. R 1042 

battle station.-.- -.*. I 2109,2128 

bill book, keeping of, and entries. I 3258 

bill of health...-. 11312,2126 

blank forms, requests for. I 5222 (5v) 

board of. (See Board of medical officers.) 

casualties, report of, after an engagement........ I 5222 (5j) 

clinical cards sent to department.. - I 5222 (5h) 

























































364 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Medical officers—Continued. t Art. 

command of hospital ship, reports of... I 5231 

compartments, inspection of......... I 2702 (3) 

confinement of prisoners on diminished rations..... R 621 

consultations...•......... I 2106 

contagion, precautions against.......t... I 2617 (2) 

contagious diseases ahoard. R 3302 

contagious diseases in foreign port.....•.i.. R 2966 

daily report of sick.....•... I 2107 

death certificates........ R 2963 

deaths, report of.............-..<...' I 5222 (5q), 5247 (23) 

deposits, receiving of, forbidden.... ........ I 3260 

descriptive cards. I 5222 (5) 

descriptive lists of crew, verification of.....t'...I 1303 

detail to vessels for sick transportation.........■.. I 953 

disability existing prior to enlistment........ I 3204 

disability of............ R 2968 

disrating, classification for....'i..-. R 619 

distilled spirits, admission on board..... R 13,2965 

donations prohibited....*. ....:.,. I 3260 

Medical officer: 

chief pharmacist's mate, duty as instructor..... I 2642 

efficiency report of Hospital Corps man...... I 5222 (5k) 

examination for appointment...... R 332 

examination made by, for transfer of patients.■_...._•... R 2961 

examination of— ‘ 

appl ication. ........ I 3205 

gun pointers. . .......... I 2501 (3) 

men to be transferred................ R 3581 

recruits........._ R 3523 

examination records kept by........... I 3256 

examining boards......... R 331,332 

financial dealings with patients.... I 3260 

first aid, instruction in......... I 2641 

fleet surgeon’s supervision over..........,. I H22 (1) 

food, etc., inspection of......... I 2618 (2) 

general duties of.... .............. 1 2101-2131; R 2951 

going out of commission, disposition of outfits..... I 2124 

health of crew, duties regarding....... I 2617 (2) 

health records...... I 707,708,5222 (5); R 2902 

- health report, opening of, by.•..... I 3257 

Hospital Corps examination report...... I 5222 (5w) 

Hospital Corps, instruction of.........•. 1 2642 

hospital ticket........ I 3229,5222 (5n) 

illness of general court-martial member........ .I il.....-.. R 727 

inspect cells and prisoners. ........ ...... 1 .......... I 2114 

inspect, preparation of crew's food................•. I 2111 

inspection of ship for transportation of sick... ; .. .!...... . I 953,954 

inspections required.......;.... 1 2114,2115 

instruction of Hospital Corps....... I 2642 

instruments, selection of...j....... I 4480 

inventory of property.........I 5222 (5a), 5247 (1) 

journal (see also Medical Journal)........ ....I 2619,3251 

junior, authority of..... r 2971 

junior, general duties of ( see also Junior medical officer)..... R 2920,2971 

killed and wounded, report of......i...... 11122 (7) 

laundry for sick..... I 2121 

liberty for diseased men, to regulate........I 2617 (2) 

























































365 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Medical officer—Continued. Art. 

list of patients kept by..... I 3254 

manual for....... I 603 

marine examining board...I 3665,3675 

marine retiring board, duty on....... R 343 

medical department..... R 2951-2994 

medical instructions... I 3201-3262 

medical journal forwarded to department.. I 5222 (5y), 5247 (40) 

medical list.......... I 2108 

medical property (see also Medical property; Medical stores)— 

inventory of.......... I 5222 (51) 

recommended for sale.....„.. I 4749 

survey of.......,...I 5222 (5m) 

medical storeroom, supervision over........,,. . .. R 2964 

medical stores— 

inflammable, duties regarding...,.. ... r .. .t... ... 1 2707 (5) 

transfer of..... t... .. 12118 

medical supply table........I 2119,2120 

medical survey, report of (see also Medical survey).....I 5222 (5p), 5247 (21, 22); R 2960 

military duty by Hospital Corps forbidden......... R 1540 

officer of the day, duties..w,*. ........ I 3227 

patients, authority over.... I 3223 

patients transferred to and from civil hospitals..,........ I 5222 (5u) 

pay accounts of men sent to hospital...... I 4890 

payment of money to men in hospitals, supervision of....... R 3669 

permission to leave ship granted by, to junior medical officers... R 2974 

pharmacists— 

appointment of..... i . R3317 

general duties of..... R 3231 

to perform clerical work........... I 2351 

physical examinations.....I 709,3201-3212,3256 

physical fitness, marine o (fleers, for promotion...,........ I 3670 

prescription book.. I 3253 

property expenditure, report of....... I 3255 

provisions, fresh, inspection of..... I 4482 

public health service, examining at periodical physical examinations. I 709 

punishment of, supervision of commanding officers, hospital ships.. R 2919 

quarterly reports...... I 5222 (5) 

rations of sick....... R 2959 

receiving ships, duty in............ I 585 

recommendation by, cases of physically disqualified continuous-service men. R 3528 

recommendations for removal of sick.. R 8582 

records summary courts-martial forwarded direct to Judge Advocate General. I 5333 

recruits reexamined on receiving ship.... .. I 3210 

report breaches of discipline.....- I 2131 

reports— 

after battle....... R 2957 

arrival of ship in foreign port...... —.... R 2966 

health of ports... H 2951 

junior medical officers.....~ -. R 2973 

list of...4 5222 (5) 

physical examination... . I 3201 

prison spaces.-.* - - & 1431 

transfer of patients..... & 2961 

requisition and priced invoice, cruising and receiving ships.....I 5222 (e) 

requisitions for medical stores..4 2119,2120,4475,4657 

reserve ships to have. 4 530 

retiring boards, duty on. R 341 


























































366 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.! 


Medical officer—Continued. 

sale of stores..... 

sanitary report.. 

semiannual report, requisition, and priced invoice, cruising ship.: 

sentences, summary, court-martial, injurious to health of prisoners... 

service records....—...-. 

ships in ordinary....... 

sick bay dispensary, etc., duties regarding.. 

sick, for passage to United States. 

sick or injured civil employees, removal of, to hospitals. 

specialist called in by... 

station at quarters... 

statistical report.... 

stores for sick.. 

succession of duties of. 

summary courts-martial, duties in connection with.*... 

supplies exempt by law from advertisement, requisitions for.. 

supplies, selection of.. 

supply table.......— 

survey of stores.-...... 

transfer (see also Transfers)—• 

disabled person.........;. 

medical stores....... 

to hospital recommended by...... 

typewriter allowance —........ 

typhoid inoculation....... 

unofficial certificates.. 

vaccination of recruits........ 

water for drinking examination. 

weekly report, descriptive card of persons examined for original enlistment 

wounded, administration of, into hospitals.. 

wounded, relief of, supervision of... 

Medical property: 

expenditures by medical officer, report on... 

inventory of... 

survey on...._ 

Medical records: 

entered in journal, how kept...... 

signing of..... 

Medical Reserve Corps, Navy, appointments... 

Medical schools, supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.. 

Medical storeroom: 

medical officer, duties regarding......... 

medical officer to report at fitting out.... 

supervision of medical officer.. ..... 

Medical stores and supplies. 

accounts kept. . ... 

allowances and requisitions. . .:.. 

applied only to purpose intended...... 

defects or deficiencies. . ... 

disposition of, when ship goes out of commission. 

entry of issue in prescription book. 

exempt by law from advertisement, requisitions for. 

inflammable, safety precautions.•... 

inspection of..... 

loss or deterioration..... 

not consigned to general storekeepers... ; .. 

pharmacist, supervision over k . . .. ; . : .. 

post exchanges. 


Art. 

............. 1 4749 

I 2127,3259,5222 (5b) 

... 1 5222 (5) 

.. R 33 

..I... I 1303,R 3451 

. 1570 

.. 12104 

.. 12116 

.. ‘ 13412 

. R 4534 

.. 12129 

_I 3254,5222 (5g) 

. I 2120 

.. R 2968 

. R 2967 

.. I 5222 (5t) 

. 1 4480 

..... I 2120 

.. 12122,4749 

.:. I 718 

... 12125 

. R 2690 

. 1 4571 

. I 3212 

. R 2958 

.1 13211 

.. 12112,2618(5) 

........... I 5222 (5) 

. I 3222 

. R 2956 

..... I 3255 

I 5222 (5a), 5247 (11) 
......... I 5222 (5m) 

......... 1 3251-3252 

. 1 3202 

. R 2981 

... R 133 

12104 

... 12101 

..1.. ....... R 2964 

. R 4623 

.. 12351 

...... I 2120 

.,. I 2351 (3) 

..I 2351 (1) 

............. 12124 

. :..... 13253 

.. 1 5247 (29) 

.. 1 2707 (5) 

.. 1 3225,4678 

.I 2123,2351 (4) 

.. 1 4405 (3) 

12351 (1) 
. 13598(11) 
























































367 


[I indicates Instructions; R Indicates Regulations. 


Medical stores and supplies—Continued. Art. 

report of. forwarded to department.... I 5247 (10) 

requisitions for... I 4657,5247 (28) 

returnable...... I 2351 (3) 

returns of, forwarded to department.,,,. I 5247 (10) 

sale of............. I 4749 

i selection of.,,,.....,,.,,........ 1 4480 

shipment of..... I 4621,4624 

ships at navy yards, requisitions for,..,,,....,.......... I 4475 

survey of.,,,...,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,...,.....,.......... ... I 4749 

transfer of....,...I 2118,2125 

Medical supply depots.......12118,2122,2124 

returns of medical stores...,,,....... 1 5247 (10) 

supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery....... R 133 

survey on medical property, report of,,,......... I 5247 (18) 

upkeep of... R 183 

Medical survey-s: 

approval of fleet surgeon..... I 1122 (8) 

at hospital, when requested...... I 3221 

board of. (See Board of medical survey.) 

by whom ordered.,,,.......,...,.,.....,............... R 361 

discharge by_..... R 3606 

enlisted men,,..,.,,.,.,,,,,,,,..,,,,..,,...,....... R 366 

honorable discharge after.._....... R 3607 

recommendation of, by medical officer..,,,.... R 2960 

reports forwarded to commander in chief. 11004 (1) 

sick leave of officers..... R 3707 

transportation of persons condemned by,,,... I 954 

Medicines, expenses incurred by officers in buying (see also Medical stores). R 4534 

Memorial Day, observance of......... R 1286 

Memorials to Congress, method of sending..........R 1517,1518 

Men enlisted. (See Enlisted men.) 


Mental fitness: 

Marine officers, for promotion........u.I 3669-3671 

officer for promotion.,,,....,............,.......... R 334 

Merchant marine, informed of dangers to navigation........ I 5355 

Merchant vessels, boarding visits to.....R 1279 

Mess-es (see also General mess): ........ 

bills....,.,.....,..,......... I 826,827 

chief petty officers..........-- —..... I 2618(1) 

extra issues for night watches.......I 2618 (7) 

hospital attendants’, allowance may be varied.... I 3232 

hospital ships, how arranged.. .— ....... I 4001 

hours for..,....I 2618(4) 

medical officer of the day.................... I 3227 

officers’— 

aboard ship....,I 824—828 

accounts. I 825,826,827 

mess attendants...................I 825 

outfits....-..- I 828 

rebates, absence.......... I 826 

seats, assignment of......... I 824,825 

senior line officer present to preside.... I 824 

stewards not to contract bills. I 825 

supplies for.........................-A.2.-. I 825 

treasurer- 

auditing accounts of..............-.... I 825 

election and duties of......—....I 825-827 

shown on station billet. I 2501 (4) 



















































368 


[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Mess attendants: Art. 

assignment to duty. ,y............ .I 825 

rating of...-.*1... R 3551 

reenlistment of.... R 3532 

Messages (see also Correspondence: Mail): 

arrival and departure of vessels, telegrams... I 5343 

cable, acknowledgment of... 1 5341 

confidential, payment of.........A.. I 5351 

confirmation of........I 5340 (3) 

disclosure of contents of..... I 5351 

first words may indicate bureau to which subject pertains..... I 5350 

Navy secret code, when used....»...... I 5345 

personal telegrams....... I 5349 

radiograms forwarded oy cable...... I 5347 

radiograph, use of....... I 5347 

telegrams not sent when mail will answer.......... I 5349 

telegraphic— . . - - • - - 

acknowledgment of. I 5341 

brevity of. I 5345 

confirmation of. I 5346 

rates. I 5348 

telephone, at private establishments........... I 715 

transmission expenses. I 5351 

transmission over bond-aided lines.. I 6351 

use of cipher code, when forbidden..-..... I 5348 

Messengers, marines not to be detailed as....i....... I 3641 

Messmen: 

detail and apportioning of.....I 2513(1-3) 

noncommissioned officers not to act as..... I 3641 

Midshipmen (see also Naval Academy): 

admission of..... 1604 

classification of.......R 1002 

death of, ceremonies for.... R 1297 

expenses of candidates for appointment. R 4540 

Mileage, indorsements allecting (see also Travel expenses).....I 5312 (23) 

Military command, exercise of, by line officers.........R 1002,1003 

Military formations, precedence of officers in...R 1009 

Military officers: . «"• ’> ;• M 

honors for.....•.. R 1126-1143 

salutes to foreign.......R 1193 

Minister resident, honors for.........R 1115 

Ministers plenipotentiary, honors for..,..'.R 1115 

Minor offenses: 

punishmeuts for, inflicted by commanding officers...R 1404 

trial by deck court..... R 501 

Minors, enlisting of, forbidden......... R 19 

Misappropriation, punishment for. R 14 

Miscellaneous accounts (see also Accounts)..*..... I 4951 

Misconduct: . .... 

complaints of, inquiry into, by commanding officer...■.R 1404,1428 

discharges for, report of...I 5221 (20) 

investigation of............ R 316 

superior officer, procedure in case of..... R 1441 

special reports on...,. I 707 (8) 

Money: -v 

amount kept on roll.....R 3669 

deficiency, report of... R 1505 

excess of, report of.......„...R 1505 

issues to pay division. I 2203 
























































369 


[[ indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Money—Continued. Art. 

issues, to surgeon's division..... I 2130 

lending of, restrictions regarding.R 1509 

loaned by officers to enlisted men, prohibitions regarding...R 1524 

monthly, members of crew allowed to draw (see also Pay; Payments). R 3669 

payment of, to men iu hospitals.R 3669 

unnecessary expenditure forbidden. R 1507 

Monthly exercise, officers’. 1709 

Monthly money, members of crew allowed to draw. R 3669 

Moral fitness: 

marine officers, for promotion. I 3669 

officer for promotion, assumption of. R 334 

Morning colors, ceremonies of. R 1254 

Morning order book, executive officer to keep.I 2501 (10) 

Movements of ships: 

authority for, recorded...,. I 2615 

correspondence regarding forwarded through Division of Operations. I 5324 

crew to be informed of.I 2501 (6) 

report of. I 916 

telegraphic reports of. R 1272 

Movements of the fleet, section of, included in Division of Operations. R 105 

Moving-picture films of naval subjects. I 714 

Murder: 

Investigation of. R 321 

punishment for. R 6 

Musicians: 

enlistment of. R 3525 

precedence of.. R 1026 

Mutiny, punishment for...R 4 (8) 

Narcotics, use of. R 1539 

National anthem: 

honors rendered to. R 1172 

foreign, played in foreign ports. R 1197 

National anniversaries, foreign, firing salutes for... R 1231 

National ensign: 

display of.'. R 1238 

salute to, when going over side. R 1171 

National holidays, list of. R 1289 

Nationality, indication of, by colors...- - R 1258 

National salutes..R 1202,1231 

Nations not recognized, salutes. R 1194 

Native boatmen, employment of..... I 952 

Nautical Almanac, publication. 1604 

Naval Academy (see also Midshipmen): 

periodical physical exercise.-. I 709 

postgraduate course. R 1543 

regulations. I 694 

Naval base: 

definition. I 5354 

permanent, docking and repair facilities. I 5354 

temporary designation as advanced base. I 5354 

Naval cemeteries, headstones for unmarked graves.I 5247 (5) 

Naval Committee, Congress, information for. R 1518 

Naval constructors: 

rank taken by. ^ 4003 

titles of. ^ 1003 

Naval Dental Corps. ^ 2987-2995 

Naval district-s... R 241 > 243 

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il indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Art. 

Naval forces, organization of.... I 570, R 201-243 

Naval harbors, foreign ships visiting.... R 1503 

Naval Home (see also Governor of Naval Home): 

officers, admission of..- - -.-.. I 3221 

pay of officers and men....... R 4533 

pension of officers and men....... R 4533 

transfer to, optional with disabled officer...- -.I 3221 (2) 

Naval hospitals. (See Hospitals.) 

Naval Instructions: 

changes in.:..... 16011 R 001 

general instructions regarding...I 601-606 

items included in.......-. R 901 

Naval Regulations to include... R 901 

reports, listing of. I 5201 

signature of Secretary of the Navy... R 901 

Naval laboratory, survey on medical supplies.-. I 4749 

Naval Medical Reserve Corps..-. R 2981 

Naval medical supply depot (see also Medical supply depot). I 2118,2122,2124 

Naval Militia: 

ceremonies observed. R 1321 

exchange of courtesies. R 1321 

honors observed. R 1321 

Naval Observatory: 

annual report of.;..... I 604 

publications.,. 1604 

Naval officers (see also Officers): 

authority over Army forces on shore. R 1050 

foreign, salutes to........ R 1193 

honors for. R 1126-1143 

Naval operations, point from which conducted. I 5354 

Naval pensions, manual for, government of (see also Pensions)... I 604 

Naval policy, definition.I 5354 ( 7) 

Naval publications, authority for issue of... I 605 

Naval stations (see also Navy yards): 

administration, general.......'. I 3411 

ambulance service.....;... I 3261 

colors, displaying of. ; ....i.:. R 1238 

definition.....;... I 5354 

employment of labor....I 231-404 

honors rendered by..... R 1183 

medical supplies........ .•.... R 4623 

papers, ships going out of commission...-... I 5353 

photographs and moving-picture films of naval subjects. I 714 

printing and publishing... I 35 

radiograph, use of....... I 5347 

senior officer s pennant flown from..... R 1243 

visits to, by foreign ships. R 1503 

Naval terms, definitions of...... I 5354 

Naval War College included in Division of Operations.. .v. R 105 

Navigating officer (see also Heads of department): 

books and charts, publication of.... I 604 

compartments, inspection of, etc...... I 2702 

deviation tables........ I 5222 

double*bottom inspection... I 2702 

draft of ship..I 2615 (5) 

grounding of ship, inquiry into...-.... R 441,442 

leaving ship, restrictions against....... It 3708 



















































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[1 indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Navigating officer—Continued. 

log, changes in..... *...... t .......»_ 

position of ship..-... „... ... 

quarters.....„.. 

rank of........ 

surveys on material..... 

Navigation, dangers to, reports of. 

Navigation instruments, instruction in use of. 

Navy cipher code, telegrams of arrival and departure. 

Navy Department... 

administration of... 

appeals to............. 

arrival of ships in port, report of. 

assignment — 

Admiral of the Navy to duty.. 

officers to duty..... 

rear admirals to duty. 

blank forms......,... 

Board of Inspection and Survey, president of.. 

bureaus.... 

correspondence with....... 

communications— 

from commanding officer when vessel is acting singly 

with other executive departments—.. 

with ships... 

confidential publications. 

contractors exceeding eight-hour day... 

copies of important orders, etc. (see also Correspondence). 

concerning navy yards... 

how forwarded........ 

numbering o f letters..... 

of interest to other executive departments. 

signed by commanding officer... 

with fleets......-. 

with ships at yards....... 

departure of ships, report of... 

destruction of clothing and personal effects. 

disposal of tuberculous cases. 

divisions of..... 

duplicates of important papers forwarded to. 

enlistment, authorization of... 

fitness reports of officers... 

fleet— 

engineers’ official report.. 

organization...... 

general orders, items included in. 

listing of reports in Naval Instructions. 

Marine examining boards, appointment of. 

medical expenditures...... 

naval regulations, instructions, orders, books, etc. 

officers— 

quarters on board ship. 

returning from sea... 

official records of boards.-.. — 

organization. 

photographs of naval subjects... 

president of Board of Inspection and Survey.... 

printing and publishing, instructions regarding. 




t. 


) 







Art. 

. 12615 

. I 2609 

. I 804 

... R 1035-1040 
I 4735,4749,4750 

. 15355 

. 12505 

. 1 5343 

. I 35; R 101-157 

. I 35 

..I 5340 (2) 

....I 5342-5344 

. R 1032 

. R 1031 

.R 1033 

. I 35 

.. R 157 

. R 103 

_ I 5339,5340 

. I 5337 

. I 5309 

.. I 5340 

. I 713 

. I 712 

. I 5336 

. I 5338 

. I 5353 

. I 5310 

. I 5330 

.. I 5326 

. I 916 

. I 5338 

..... I 5342-5344 

. I 4750 

. R 3582 

. R 104 

. I 5331 

. R 3523 

. I 707 

! .• £1. .' r rx , »• 

. I 1113 (6) 

. R 201 

. R 901 

. I 5201 

. I 3663 

. I 3255 

. I 601-606 

. I 80{ 

. I 706 

. I 5353 

. R 101-105 

. I 714 

. R 157 

. I 35 

























































372 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Navy Department—Continued. ^rt- 

prison spaces. R 14 31 

provision allowance, torpedo vessels..... I 4549 

questions of jurisdiction referred to....-... I 3503 

recruits, physical disqualifications...-... I 3209 

reports after battle forwarded to. I 1122 ( 7), 5327 

ships going out of commission... I 5353 

signal books, how forwarded. 1 5353 

special instructions for officers and men. R 1542,1534 

telephone service at private establishments. I 715 

Navy of the United States, Articles for the Government of... R 1-64 

Navy purchasing offices, officers in charge of..,,.... I 602 

Navy Register: 

designation of titles by. R 1008 

official order of precedence of officers, designation by. R 1002,1009 

precedence of warrant officers. R 1013 

Navy Regulations: 

approval of, by President of the United States.. R 901 

changes in.... 1601,602; R 901 

chapters to be examined by officers in general. R 1501 

composition of... R 901 

general instructions regarding. I 601-606 

Secretary of the N avy, signature of. R 901 

subjects included in.... R 901 

Navy secret code, use in telegraph messages. I 5345 

Navy yards (see also Commandants): 

administration, general. I 3411 

ambulance service. I 3261 

appeals from commandant’s decisions. I 5340 

arrival of ships, report of... I 5342-5344 

colors, displaying of. R 1238 

commander in chief, suggestions by. I 916 

correspondence.... I 5338,5340 

daily report of sick....... I 3461 

definition............. I 5354 

departments of....... R 3941 

departure of ships, report of. I 5342-5344 

divisions of. R 3941 

effects of disabled persons.!. I 718 

employment of labor (see also Employees, civil). I 231-404 

executive of. R 1063 

fitness repo rts of o fficers... I 707 

flag flown by senior officer. R 1243 

general instructions for. I 3411,3433,3461 

honors rendered by. R 1183 

injuries to workmen... 1 391,392 

inspections, supplies received. I 4678 

inspectors, correspondence..... I 5340 

labor boards (see also Employees, civil)...... I 231 

leave of absence of employees. I 401-404 

Mare Island, Cal., survey on medical supplies. 1 4749 

Marine Corps stationed at (see also Marine barracks). I 3578 

medical department. R 4006 

medical officers (sec also Medical officers). R 4006 

medical stores........,.I 2118,2124 

national ensign, display of..... r 1238 

official re .'options... R ns3 

photographs and moving-picture films of naval subjects. I 714 
























































373 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Navy yards—Continued. Art. 

President’s reception...... .... . r hqi 

printing and publishing.j... r 35 

requisitions, medical stores..... I 2119 

sanitary report...... 1 5247 (13) 

Saturday half-holiday.. .. 1 404 

Secretary of the Navy, reception of. R mi 

ship (see also Ship m navy yard)— 

going out of commission (see also Going out of commission)— 

in ordinary (see also Ships in ordinary). R 216 

in reserve (sec also Ships in reserve). R 216 

out of commission. R 216 

ships at.’... .... I 916 

correspondence... I 5338 

reports, how made.. 1 5338 

requisitions for... ...... I 4472 

sick, daily report of..... I 346 I 

signature in absence of commandant..I 5319,5320 

surgical instruments, condemned........ I 2122 

tugs, supplies for......'... I 4472 (7) 

visits by foreign ships........;__ R 1503 

Negligence: 

in battle, punishment for...... R 4 

investigation by court of inquiry.......... R 401 

punishment for..... R 8 

Neutrality, hospital ships.*... R 2917 

News items, censoring of.. R 1535 

Newspaper correspondents, persons in the Navy acting as.R 1535 

Next of kin, address of, officers to report.-.. I 705 

New Year’s Day, observance of.... R 1289 

Night letters, use of.. I 5349 

Night watches: 

provisions issued for..... I 2618 (7) 

smoking permitted...1.... I 2625 

Nomenclature: 

geographic.... I 716 

ship, instruction of men in....I 2505 (1) 

Noncombatants, Red Cross... R 3861 

Noncommissioned officers, Marine Corps: 

detail of.. I 3641 

precedence of.... R 1026 

reduction of....... R 816 

Notaries public: 

Government employ, compensation for...-.R 1536 

replacing of, in the Navy.....-.... R 1536 

Numbers, loss of, by general court-martial sentence... R 816 

Nurse Corps, education of, in technical schools.R 2901 

Nurse corps (female): 

appointments to.1.- -...- - R 3322 

commutation of quarters ashore. R 4513 

eligibility for duty.-.R 4428 

pay and allowances for.-..... • R 4428 

presents from patients forbidden. R 3322 

room allowance ashore.-. R 4513 

superintendent of.. ^ 4428 

supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.. R 133 

Nursing, instruction of Hospital Coips..- - - •. I 2642 



















































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fl indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Oaths: Art. 

administered by notaries public...R 1536 

appointments in the Navy.R 3301 

authority to administer. R 1536 

boards of inquest... R 321 

courts of inquiry.-. R 57,58 

forms of..R 351,352 

general court-martial witnesses... R 40,41 

judge advocate of general court-martial... R 40 

summary courts-martial......R 28,611 

Observations, Naval Observatory, accounts of. I 604 

Observatory, Naval. (See Naval Observatory.) 

Obstructions to navigation, reports of..... I 5355 

Offenders, punishment for failure to apprehend... R 8 

Offenses: 

accumulation of.....„.R 1411 

charges of... R 1407,1408 

committed on shore... R 23,1506 

liability for, time limitation. R 61 

Marine Corps. 1 3551 

minor, deck-court trials... R 501 

minor, punishment for, inflicted by commanding officer. R 1404 

not specified, punishment of.. R 22 

officers, investigation of, by commanding officer.. R 1406 

officers, report of.. 1707 

report of, furnished commanding officer by executive officer... R 1428 

reduction to the next inferior rating...• R 619 

Offices, use of, as sleeping apartments on board ship.... I 809 

Office of Naval Intelligence: 

included in Division of Operation.. R 105 

pnotographs and moving-picture films forwarded to. I 714 

Officer of the day: 

hospital duties. I 3227 

summary court-martial, meeting and adjournment reported to. R 604 

Officer of the deck: 

air ports. 12633 

anchor watch, detail of. I 2630 

arrival of officers.. R 1165 

“attention,” sounding of, on bugle.;.... R H63 

authority and responsibility of.'.. I 2508 

boats absent during meal hours...V... I 2608 

collision quarters...... i 2506 

day’s duty....'.......... i 2508 

deck-court entries in log. R 514 

departure of officers.... R 1165 

detail of officers as....'.i 2508 ( 5 - 10 ) 

draft of ship............. I 2 615 ( 5 ) 

flag officer leaving ship officially.. r 1133 

flood cocks, etc., testing of..... .. j 2628 

fresh provisions.j.;.... j igQ 2 

gangway,attendance of......... r 1105 

garbage, disposal of.... 1 2632 

general duties... j jgQ 2 

grounding of ship..’.... R 441 442 

guardship reports.’....Vj. j 2609 

gun ports........'.... I 2633 

• lights and fires, inspection of.... j 2 607 (16) 

log, changes in (see also Log) .... .. I 2615 

loss of ship..7.7.7.’." R 441,442 























































CO 



(I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Officer of the deck—Continued. 

magazine lights..... . . 

magazine temperatures entered in log.... 

marines, duty as messengers. 

meals, junior officer at galley... 

medical officer to inspect fresh provisions and bumboats 

morning order book. 

motions of flagship. . .... 

piping the side. 

ports, closing of. 

presence on deck. 

provisions, inspection of...„.,. 

receiving stores....... 

recognition signals..... 

refuse, disposal of... 

rendering honors, salutes by persons about the decks. 

reports— 

by, to executive officer of departure of senior officers 

made to, by officers leaving the ship... 

to executive officer. 

to flag officer... 

routine and order books...... 

sails, report on. 

salutes to colors. 

side honors.•....—--_- 

signals between ships. 

siren, use of....—. 

smoking hour s.... 

spars and rigging.. 

summary court-martial- 

entries in log.... 

meeting and adjournment reported to. 

tending side:...... 

visitors, meal hours. 

water-tight doors and hatches. 

whistle, use of, at boat races. 

Officers: 

abroad, official packages, forwarding of. 

absent without leave, punishment. 

acting appointment......—. 

address of, sent to department... 

admission and discharge at hospital... 

appeals, to whom addressed........, 

ashore, precedence taken by Army and Navy. 

assignment of, to duty by Navy Department... 

authority of— 

to issue orders.,.. 

to perform duty.-. 

while under acting appointment—.....— . 

awaiting trial, arrest of... 

charge of departments...—. 

cheers not to be given for--—....... 

command, assignment to--- ^ —.... 

conduct investigated.... ?-.••- . 

confidential publications....... 

confinement of.. —- - .. 

correspondence—. 

between subordinate .. — . 

through commanding officer :;; . 









Mfto yri, :;: 


Art. 

. 12638 

. I 2628 

. 13641 

. I 2618 (4) 

. I 2113 

. I 2501 (9) 

. 12610 

. R 1166 

. 1 2633 

. I 2508 (8) 

. .1 4482 

. I 1802 

. 12611 

. 1 2632 

. R 1164 

. R 1063 

. R 1063 

. I 2514 • 

............ 1 2609 

. I 2501 (9) 

. 1 2634 

. R 1171 

. R 1166,1167 • 

. 12611 

. 12506 

. 1 2625 

. 1 2627,2629 

. R 624 

. R 604 

. R 1165 

. I 2618 (4) 

.. 1 2506 

. I 2620 

. I 5205 

... R 9 

. R 1048 

.. 1704-706 

.... I 3221, 5247 (36) 

. 15323 

. R 1050 

.. R 1031-1037 

.... R 1062 

.. R 1047 

. R 1048 

. R 711 

. R 1064 

. R 1179 

. R 1034-1037 

.. R 316 

.. ,.... 1713 

. R 24,44,1416 

. 1 5304 

I 5329 





















































376 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Officer s—Continued. 

deaths of.... 

definition of term... 

delegation of authority by. 

desertion by resignation..... 

designation of. 

detached— 

fitness, report on... 

health records.. 

detached duty— 

disability of. 

periodical physical exercise.....,. 

detail of, on foreign station..... 

disability.*... 

dismissal of. 

division. (See Division officer.) 
duty- 

assignment to... 

on Coast Survey.... 

effects destroyed to prevent spread of disease. 

executive officers’ authority over. 

exercise of authority over subordinates.. 

filing of documents by. 

fitness reports..-. 

foreign languages, examination in. 

foreign station- 

correspondence in duplicate.. 

leave of absence... 

promotion of... 

forwarding informal or incorrect communications. 

funeral escort for. 

general instructions. 

health record. 

honors for..... 

hospital ships. (See Hospital ship.) 
in command. (Sec Commanding officers.) 

incapacitated for service. 

incompetent, report of.... 

instruction- 

concerning correspondence... 

general....... 

in first aid... 

insular service.... 

intelligence reports made by. 

irregularities investigated... 

joining ship, visits of courtesy by. 

leave of absence, orders to duty. 

light allowance ashore. 

making passage in ships, salutes to. 

medical attendance for.■. 

medical examination. 

medical history of, report on. 

mental fitness of. for promotion. 

military command exercised by..... 

misconduct of... 

naval publications. 

obedience to executive officer. 

official addresses of....-. 

official communications.... 


Art. 

I 713; R 1297,4551 

. R 64 

. R 1062 

. R 10 

. R 1001 

. I 5241 (8) 

. 1708 

. R 1045 

. 1709 

. I 955 

.. I 708 

... 1713; R 36, 37 


. R 1031-1037 

. R 1051 

.. 11351 

.. R 1063 

. R 1402 

. I 5352 

.I 707,5241 (8) 

. R 333 

.. I 5331 

. R 3706 

.. R 3333 

. I 5329 

. R 1301 

I 701-718; R 1501-1543 
. I 708,2117,5222,5247 
..... R1126-1143,1162 


vf ffi.lo •:*tf. >i ufw v 

.R 331,341 

. R 341 

. I 5301-5355 

. R 1051-1543 

. 12109 

.. 1710 

. I 2511 

. R 316 

.. R 1271 

.I 708; R 1063,1511 

. R 4513-4521 

. R 1209 

. 1 3222 

. 1708 

.I 5247 (4) 

. R 334 

. R 1002,1003 

. R 1404 

. 1602 

. R 1063 

. R 1001 

. 1 5322 




















































377 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Officers—Continued. 

order transferring. 

orders (see also Orders)— 

home... 

receipt of. 

to duty. 

parts of ship, responsibility for condition of. 

passengers. 

passing boats, salute' 5 by.. 

performance of duty. 

periodical physical exercise. 

physical examination, records. 

precedence over— 

of commanding officers, naval stations.. 

of commanding officers, ships. 

of executive officers.. 

precedence taken by.. 

professional examination of.. 

promotion of (see also Promotion). 

health record. 

physical examination.. 

professional fitness for.. 

punishment of... 

quarters ashore. 

quarters on board ship. 

questions of jurisdiction... 

rank taken by. 

ranks corresponding to Army and Marine Corps. 

rejection for promotion without examination. 

reporting for duty.. 

* reports— 

after battle.. 

against men... 

made by, to executive upon return from leave.;. 

made by, to officer of the deck, upon leaving ship. 

requiring immediate action made to officer of the deck. 

residence of....... 

resignation... 

restricted to engineering duty, assignment of. 

returning from sea...... 

right to communicate with commanding officers... 

right to demand court-martial.1 

room allowance ashore. 

saluted in boats.. 

salutes (see also Salutes). 

by members of the crew. 

to senior officers... 

senior to executive officer. 

side arms. 

signatures of.. 

signing for another officer.. 

smoking privileges... 

special instruction of. 

statements made by, in reply to complaints. 

stationing of....!.... 

storerooms, responsibility for condition of. 

succeeding to command, rank of. 

suspension of... 


Art. 

. 1 5336 

. I 705 

...I 701-702 

. R 1511 

. R 1063 

I S22;R 1016 

. R 1177 

. I 2603 

. I 709 

. 1 3256 

. R 10 

..... R 1061 

. R 1061 

. R 1009 

. R 332 

. R 3331 

. 1708 

..... I 3256 

. R 334 

. I 707; R 24 
R 4513-4521 
... 1801-809 

. 1 5303 

. R 1002 

..... R 1010 
..... R 334 
. 1703 

. 1 5327 

. I 2514 

. R 1063 

..... R 1063 

. 12514 

. I 705 

. 1713 

..... R 1033 

. 1706 

..... R 1063 
..... R 1421 

. R 4513 

. R 1207 

. R 1157,1173 
..... R 1174 
..... R 1173 
..... R 1063 

. R 1173 

. 15319 

. I 5317-5320 
. 1 2512,2625 

. R 1543 

..... R 1405 

. R 1063 

. R 1063 

..... R 1044 
.R 24,48 
























































378 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Officers—Continued. Art. 

temporary command, handling of mail... I 5322 

titles of....... R 1002,1008 

transferred to or from hospitals. I 956 

treatment at hospital. 1 3221,5247 (38) 

tried by general courts-martial. R 53 

unassigned; health record. 1708 

under arrest, confinement to limits. R 1410,1417,1419 

visiting Washington, D. C. I 705 

visits to diplomatic officers, foreign ports. R 1273 

wearing side arms, salutes by. R 1173 

wine-mess bills.„_ I 827 

written orders..... I 703 

Officers, Army, authority over naval officers afloat. R 1050 

Officers, engineer. (See Engineer officer.) 

Officers, Fish Commission. R 1051 

Officers, Lighthouse Service... R 1051 

Officers, Marine Corps. (See Marine officer.) 

Officers’ messes. (See Messes.) 

Officers, Pay Corps (see also Accounts; Commissary officer; General storekeeper; Invoices; Stores; 

Supply accounts). I 4421-4552 

absentees, commutation of rations. I 4552 

accounts and returns. 14890,4951 

accounts— 

deceased persons... n , ..... R 4552 

inspection of, report...... I 5212,5214; R 1531 

Marine Corps. . .... 14890 

men— 

received.......,.. R 20 

sent to hospitals....'.'..11....... I 4890 

allotments to be noted on transfers (see also Allotments). I 4890 

appointment of.!...!..... R 332,3306 

arrest of.1...1......... R 1420 

checkage— 

for court-martial sentences...........R 626 

of pay for deck-court sentences..........., ,. R 515 

commutation of quarters. 1..... R 4513 

correction of books............. I 4890 

custody of stores afloat................ I 4421 

deceased persons, property of........... R 20 

deck-court sentences, clieckages for.. .... 1... A..............; ... R 515 

detachment of......... t I 4421 

detachment, ship going out of commission.... I 4421 

disrating, classification for.... r 549 

equipage, requisitions for (see also Equipage)... I 4472-4484 

examination for appointment.......... r 332 

excess of monej, report of... r 1505 

excess requisitions..;.... 1 4472 

expenditure of stoics afloat..... 7 . .7 . 1 4421 

expenditures, quarterly, abstract of (see also Expenditures)... I 4552 

fresh-water requisitions......;.... I 4475 

funeral expenses, officer in foreign port....... r 4551 

general duties...... 7 .7...:.... 1 2203 

general mess, inspections of food........ I 2110.2111 

hospital ship, accounts.....^__;.... I 4004 4006 

loss- 

money, report of.................. .11... R 1505 

pay, checkages for..................... 1....... R 626 

miscellaneous accounts. j 4951 





















































/ 

379 

[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Officers, Pay Corps—Continued. Art. 

monthly ration voucher.. 14552 

officers’ mess outfits; broken articles, replacing of.... I 4427 (1) 

open purchases, general instructions (see also Open purchases)... I 4654,4657 

pay, checkage for deck-court sentence.. R 515 

pay accounts (see also Pay accounts)........ T 4890 

pay di visions....... I 2203 

provisions, torpedo vessels..... I 4549 

public bills (sec also Public bills). ....... .,..... I 4483 

payment of..... I 4484 

purchases (see also Purchases)— 

emergency, at navy yards....... I 4472 (6) 

general instructions for....... I 4472,4475 

quarterly abstract of expenditures........ I 4552 

quarters. !....... ..... I 804 

officers’, ashore...... R 4513-4540 

rank taken by...... R 1005 

ration entries for men reporting for duty..... ...... _ I 4890 

rations (sec also Rations).. I 4549,4552 

absentees... ..... .. 1 4552 

persons in hospital..... R 4521 

reports....... I 4890.4951 

requisitions (sec also Requisitions). I 4472-4484 

medical stores in foreign port...... I 2119 

ships in navy-yard ports...........,.. I 4472 

restorations of, to duty.1. ; ..,. R 1420 

services, requisitions for.. ........ I 4472-4484 

settlement of accounts.._.. ,. r It 1420 

shipments by supply steamer (see also Shipments)... I 4624 

sick in hospital, commutation of rations.... I 4552 

stores afloat (see also Stores afloat)— 

care of......... 1 4421 

expenditure.... I 4421 

stores, requisitions for.. I 4472-4484 

summary court-martial, checkages of pay.... R 626 

supplies and laundry for sick.. I 2121 

survey material (see also Surveys)_".. I 4735,4749,4750 

suspension of. R 1420 

transfer accounts. I 4890 

vouchers (see also Vouchers)— 

monthly rations.. I 4452 

preparation of.......... 1 4483 

Officers, reserve fleets. (See Reserve fleets.) 

Official documents subscribed to under oath. R 1536 

Official functions, boats provided. I 2608 

Official packages, forwarding by officers abroad. I 5205 

Official records, going out of commission. I 5353 

Official visits (see also Calls, official); 

flag officers, salutes not returned. R 1223 

flags flown in boats. R 1245 

foreign ships.-... R 1267 

rank of officer. R 1210 

Officials addressed by title only. I 5322 

Oil-burning installation, air supply, regulation. I 2113 

Oiled canvas, stowage of. I 2634 

Open purchases, obtained for laundry work (see also Purchases). I 2121 

Operations, report by: 

commanderin chief..- - - -.- • — r . I 916 

medical officer.I 5222 (5), 5247 (2) 























































380 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Refutations.] 

.4 rt. 

Oppression by superior officer, procedure in case of. R 1441 

Oppression of subordinates, punishment for..... R 8 

Order book, morning. 12510(10) 

Orders: 

acknowledgment of. I 5308 

appeals from. I 5323 

application for revocation. R 1516 

application for. R 1525 

by signal, changing composition of courts. I 5334 

commanding officer’s, execution of, by executive officer. R 1063 

conflicting, execution of. R 1513,1514 

copies of.. . . .... I 5352 

delay in obeying. R 1516 

execution of, by subordinates... R 1401 

executive officer’s... R 1061 

fleet, copies of, to department. I 902 

hospital ships. R 2919 

important, copies of. I 5336 

involving travel. I 5336 

issue of, authority of officers...... R 1062 

issue of, by chiefs of bureaus.. R 901 

modification of... I 5325 

obedience to. R 1516 

officers... 1706 

duty upon receipt of. I 702 

reporting for duty..*... I 703 

patients in other than naval hospitals. R 3582 

routine, posting of, for crew...... I 2501 (6) 

signature by acting chief of bureau...I 5318,5320 

transferring officer. I 5336 

travel. R 1528 

written, indorsement of. I 703 

Ordinary discharge. (See Discharge, ordinary.) 

Ordinary seamen, instruction of ( see also Enlisted men). I 2505 

Ordnance instructions... I 2515 

Ordnance publications. I C04 

Organization: 

details of. ... R 1063 

fleet.... R 226 

forces afloat. R 201 

naval forces...-......I 570 ; R 201-243 

Navy Department... R 101-105 

parades. R 1063 

reduced complement..... 1 2505 (6) 

ship.......’..I 2501-2516 

Orlop decks, lights....... j 2607 (3) 

Outfit, gymnastic, furnished by department...... 1 2620 

Overboard, persons; means for rescuing... X 2608 (5) 

Overhaul, ships in fleet. r 226 

Packages: 

official, forwarding of, by officers abroad.. X 5205 

sent by express..,.. 1 5205 

transportation of, on hospital ships.*.. r 2921 

Paint, fuel-oil compartments...........I 2702 

Painted canvas, stowage of...... X 2634 

Painting, character of, for hospital ships. . ........... r 2916 

Pallbearers.... R 1301,1304,1308 

Palm and needle, instruction in use of. X 2505 
























































381 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Art. 


Pamphlets, publication of. 

Paper, for official correspondence, etc. 

Papers (see also Correspondence): 

confidential, how forwarded. 

men sent to hospital..... 

official, safeguarding of..... 

requiring official action.... 

ships out of commission..... 

transfer....... 

Parades, organization of. 

Pardoning power. 

Parts of ship, condition of, officers, responsible for... 

Passed assistant paymasters, rank taken by. 

Passed assistant surgeons, rank taken by. 

Passengers: 

consular officers, honors for. 

diplomatic officers, honors for. 

quarters of.... 

Patients (see also Hospitals; Medical officer): 

abstract of, sent to department. 

authority over, in naval hospitals... 

convalescent, discharge from hospital. 

depositing articles of value. 

disabled... 

donations to Hospital Corps prohibited. 

hospital ship ...... 

hospitals— 

after ship sails, report regarding. 

in foreign ports, expenses of. 

official papers when admitted and discharged 

in other than naval hospitals... 

list of, keeping of, by medical officers.. 

naval hospital, Philadelphia... 

pay of, while in hospital. 

passage to United States. 

pharmacists’ duties regarding. 

leports of progress of... 

retention of supernumeraries as, at hospitals. 

transfer of......... 

transfer to hospitals, report on. 

transportation of. 


. 1604 

.. 15311 

.. 1 5353 

. I 3234; R 3582 

.. 1 5352 

. 15305(1) 

...,. 1 5353 

. R 3585 

.I 2505 (6); R 1063 

. R 808 

. R 1063 

. R 1005 

. R 1005 

. iO '' lk * I i , y il 

. R 1119 

. R 1119 

. 1808 

. I 5222 (5f), 5247 (8) 

. 1 3223 

. 1 3230 

. 13260 

. I 718 

. I 3260 

. I 4004; R 2919 

. I 3235 

. R 2962 

. I 3229,3234 

. R 3582,4532 

. I 3254 

... R 3582 

. R 3.582 

. I 2116 

. I 2351 

. R 2962 

.’.I 5247 (37) 

I 5222 (5u),5247 (32); R 2961,2962 

. I 5212,5214 

. I 953,954 


Pay: 

acting appointments. 

additional, good-conduct medal. 

chief nurse, female. 

enlisted men. 

while in hospital. 

Female Nurse Corps. 

indorsements affecting. 

loss of, imposed by courts-martial. 

Nurse Corps (female). 

officers, commutation of quarters. 

suspension of general court-martial sentence. 

Pay and allowances.. 

Pay accounts ( see also Accounts). 

allotments noted on transfers.. 

certificate of admission or discharge from hospital 
correction of books due to errors in transfer rolls.. 


.... R 3552 
.... R 4427 
.... R 4428 
. R 4427 (1) 
.... R 3582 
.... R 4428 
I 5312 (23) 
.. R 30,619 
.... R 3322 
.... R 4513 
.... R 48 
R 4404-4564 
.... I 4890 
.... I 4890 
.... I 4890 
.... 1 4890 
























































382 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Pay accounts—Continued. Art. 

enlisted men..... I 4890 

Marine Corps. I 4890 

men sent to hospital... I 4890 

men sent to private institutions.. I 4890 

officers’, transfer of. I 4890 

transfer of....... 1 4890 

Pay and bounty, Navy..R 4404,4427,4428 

Pay inspectors, rank taken by......... R 1005 

Disbursing officer, naval yards, open purchase, general instructions (see also Accounting officer; 

Cost accounts; Supply officer; Navy yards; Officers of the Pay Corps). I 4654,4657 

Pay clerks: 

assignment to supply division.. I 2203 

health record upon promotion to......I 5222 (5w), 5247 (34) 

newly appointed, expenses of. R 4540 

quarters on board ship.......,.I 807,821 

Paymaster General (see also Bureau of Supplies and Accounts): 

payments of gratuities upon deaths. R 4551 

purchases by direction of....'.-...I 4654 (1) 

Payments: 

crow, commanding officer’s duties..... R 20 

officers’ messes....;. I 825 

officers’ mess bills..I 826,827 

public bills, stores and supplies afloat... I 4483 (5) 

stores and supplies afloat, receipts for.,. I 4483 (4) 

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, foreign ships visiting. R 1503 

Pecuniary dealings, officers with enlisted men, prohibitions regarding. R 1524 

Penitentiary, imprisonment in, regulations regarding. R 7 

Pennants (see also Flags). R 1236-1259 

commission, where flown. R 1236 

division, when flown by division commanders. R 1246 

flown by chief of staff. R 1251 

half-masting of.......... R 1252 

senior officers, display of... R 1242 

size indicated.-..... R 1238 

Pennant staffs, commanding officers’ insignia on..... R 1250 

Pensions.;... r ..... R 4561-4564 

certificates of, by commanding officers. R 2120 

correspondence regarding...*.....„. I 5309 

decisions regarding, by Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. R 4564 

disabled persons, naval service. R 4561 

granting of, after twenty years of service. R 4561 

Naval Home inmates. R 4533 

recommendations for, of board of survey. R 4561 

Periodical physical exercise. 1709 

Perjury: 

general court-martial prosecution for... R 725 

punishment for..... R 14 

Permanent appointment: 

issue of, to chief petty officers. R 3553 

pay in case of. R 3553 

petty officers. R 3551 

recommendations for.. R 3553 

Permanent base, definition of. I 5354 

Permission to leave the ship: 

granted by.....,. R 3709 

latitude given by..... R 3704 

Permits, photographs... I 714 




















































383 


fl indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Personal effects; 

crew, disposal of. 

disabled persons, care of. 

Personal honors (see also Honors; Salutes): 

ships passing, restriction of. 

when dispensed with. 

Personal flags: 

displayed with ensigns.. 

half-masting of... 

whero flown.... 

Personal letters concerning duty..... 

Personal salutes (see also Salutes): 

foreign officials..... 

rendered by officers. 

Personal staff, messes, assignment of.:. 

Personnel (see also Division of Personnel): 

commanding officer’s duty regarding. 

correspondence regarding, forwarded to Bureau of Navigation. 

enlisted, circulars regarding... 

health of, responsibility of medical officer in connection with. 

medical survey on. 

reports concerning faults of. 

Petitions to Congress, method of sending. 

Petty officers: 

acting appointment issued to. 

authority of... 

disrating, classification for.. 

honors to passing boats.. 

issue of permanent appointments.:. 

mess with divisions.. 

not detailed as messmen... v. .. 

permanent appointments..... 

precedence of... 

ratings of...... 

selection of........ 

training as drillmasters and instructors... 

Petty officers and crew.... 

Pharmacists..... 

appointment of...... 

battle station....... 

classification of, as staff officers.—.. 

clerical work.:. 

fire precautions........'. 

Hospital Corps, instruction in..... 

lights, regulations regarding... 

medical stores, supervision over... 

station at all hands. 

surgeon’s division.... 

Philippine Islands, enlistments.. 

Photographs of naval subjects...... — —.. 

Physical disability (see also Disability): 

contracted in line of duty, retirement of officers... 

discharges for.... -..- -. 

marine officers.-. -..- - -.- .. 

recruits.. —........... —. ..:. 

Physical disqualification: 

continuous-service men...:.. . 

waiver of....... 


Art. 

. I 2637 

. I 718 

.1. R 1152 

. R 1168 

.. R 1237 

.. R 1252 

... R 1236 

. R 1525 

. R 1195 

.. R 1173 

. I 822 

. I 1351 

. I 5325 

.,. I 604 

. R 2953 

I 5222 (5p), 5247 (21,22) 

. I 5332 

. R 1517,1518 

. R 3552 

. R 1015 

. R 619 

.. R 1163 

... R 3553 

. I 2513 

.. I 2513 

.. R 3551 

. R 1026 

. R 3551 

. R 3551 

.I 2505 (2) 

..... R 3402 

. I 2351,2352; R 3236 

. R 3317 

................. I 2352 

.. R 1013 

. i....... I 2351 

. I 2351 

.. I 2642 

. I 2351 

. 1 2351 

. I 2351 

.. I 2129 

. R 3525 

. ..'.... I 714 

. R 331 

..... I 3236 

. I 3662 

..... R 3523 

. . .. R 3528 

. I 3209 




















































384 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Physical examination: Art. 

applicants. I 3205 

by whom conducted. I 3202 

candidates for appointment. It 331 

candidates for promotion.. R 331 

character of. I 3203 

health records.. 1 3257 

marine officers. r . 1 3665 

medical officers, accountability for. I 3204 

medical officers' report of. I 3201,3208 (1) 

officers. I 708,3256 

periodical physical exercise. I 709 

recruits... I 3201-3212; R 3523 

signing of medical record. I 3202 

transfer of enlisted men...... R 3581 

Physical exercise... 1709 

Pilots, signal for. R 1239 

Pipes, ventilation, closing of, in case of fire.-. I 2506 

Piping the side.R 1166 

Plated ware, officers’ messes. I 828 

Pleas in bar of trial.. I 607,776 

Police: 

naval station, supervision of executive officer. R 1063 

ship, duties of executive officer in connection with. R 1063 

Police duties: 

extra, imposed by summary courts-martial. R 30 

restrictions in imposing. R 619 

Police regulations, posting of. I 2501 (6) 

Policy, naval, definition. I 5354 

Ports (see also Ship in foreign port): 

arrival at, registration of names. I 5344 

diseases prevalent; restriction of liberty. I 2617 (2) 

unhealthy, anchorage in. I 952 

United States, not to be saluted.. R 1205 

Port information, sanitary, to be obtained. I 952 

Porto Rico, service in, equivalent to sea duty. I 710 

Position, flagship’s, when reported. I 2609 

Post cards, authority to issue. I 5315 

Postgraduate course, Naval Academy... R 1543 

Postgraduate work, Navy Department’s authority regarding. R 1542 

Postmaster General, rates established by, charges made in excess of. I 5349 

Powder divisions (see also Divisions): 

issues of stores.... I 2203 

surgeon’s division to form part of. I 2129 

Praise, publications for, forbidden. R 1520 

Pratique, ship arriving in port. R 3801 

Precedence: 

acting appointment of officer. R 1048 

Army and Navy officers ashore. R 1050 

boards, line and staff officers. R i06i 

commissioned warrant officers. R loll 

courts, line and staff officers. R 1061 

designation of, by Navy Register... R 1002,1009 

determination of, by date of commission. r ioio 

enlisted men. r 1026 

executive officer.. r 1061,1063 

members of boards. r 301 

musicians.... R 1026 

noncommissioned officers, Marine Corps. R 1026 























































II indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Precedence—Continued. Art. 

officers in oommand.. R 1062 

order of— 

for Staff Corps.t.. R 1009 

officers not commissioned.. R 1002 

taken by officers.;.. R 1002 

petty officers.... R 1026 

privates, Marine Corps.. R 1026 

processions on shore, line and staff officers. R 1061 

respective corps of officers.... R 1009 

retired warrant officers. R 1013 

taking of, by mates._... It 1014 

Precept: 

Board of Inspection and Survey, forwarded through Navy Department.. R 157 

courts of inquiry... R 416 

general court-martial..... R 768 

summary court-martial... v .. .... R 604 

Prescription book, reoording of, medical supplies issued...i. I 3253 

Presents: 

reception of, from contractors forbidden........ R 1521 

soliciting contributions for, forbidden...... R 1520 

Presents to ships.. I 4735 

President, foreign republic: 

honors for, aboard ship.. R 1104 

ships passing, salutes for........ R 1106 

President of the United States: 

absentee lights for, aboard ship........ R 1101 

appeals addressed to..:. I 5323 

ceremonies for... R 1101 

confirmation of general courts-martial sentences........ R 53 

courts of inquiry ordered by.... R 55 

death of, ceremonies for.:.... R 1296 

flag displayed in boats.. R 1253 

general courts-martial ordered by.....*. R 38 

honors for, aboard ship........ R 1101,1237 

Navy Regulations— 

approval by.. ......... R 901 

changes in, approval by.!.. R 901 

personal flag, displaying of.:.:. R 1237 

reception of....'.... —... R 1266 

aboard ship.....i —...., .. r . R 1101 

salutes for..'...... R 1101,1203 

ship passing with flag flying............ R 1101 

President pro tempore of the Senate, honors for.'...... R 1114 

Previous convictions: 

deck-court, trials .. V.'.V —,.R 508 

general courts-martial, introduction of....... R 804 

relating to current enlistment, exceptions to. .!..... . R 804 

Printing and publishing, blank forms...... —.. I 35 

Prisoners: 

confinement of, in authorized spaces...... R 1431 

escape of, punishment for failure to prevent.... R 8 

general courts-martial, confinement of.... — ... R 711 

inspection of, by medical officer.. i. J 2114 

master-at-arms to muster_ ....:. .... 12351 

report of........ .-. I 2626 

return of, from foreign station. 1 955 

treatment of, in confinement. R 1427 

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386 


4 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Prisoners of war, treatment of. 

Prisons: . 

Marine Corps, inspection of. 

ships’, ventilation of.. 

Prison spaces: . . . . . 

designation of, by Navy Department. 

reports of, made by medical officer. 

Privates, Marine Corps, precedence taken by (see also Marine Corps). 

Privileges, smoking. 

Privileges and rewards...... 

Prizes: 

maltreatment of persons on board, punishment for.. 

removal of articles from, forbidden. 

taking possession of. 

validity of.. 

Proceedings: .. ... . ...... 

court of inquiry, authentication of (see also Court of inquiry). 

general courts-martial, suspension of. (see also General court-martial). 

marine examining board. 

summary courts-martial, conduct of (see also Summary court-martial). 

Processions, precedence in, taken by officers.. 

Profane language: 

hospital ships, forbidden. 

prevention of.„. 

Professional treatises, prohibitions regarding publication. 

Professors of mathematics. 

Proficiency marks, entry of, in service record. 

Promotion s...... 

examination for. 

fitness, professional, to be established by candidate.. 

health record of enlisted men promoted. 

health report for officers promoted. 

Hospital Corps. 

Marine Corps officers.,.......... 

medical examination, record of.. 

mental fitness, assumption of. 

moral fitnoss, assumption of. 

officers— 

marks governing. 

foreign stations.. 

rejection without examination.. 

professional examination of officers. 

professional fitness to be established by candidate..... 

Property (see also Private property): 

deceased persons..'...'.... i.. 

dental, responsibility for. 

Property returns, medical... 

Provisions (see also Stores and supplies): 

boats.... 

crew, medical officer to inspect.... 

fresh, inspection of. 

inspections of...... 

lifeboat. 

sick, how obtained..... 

torpedo vessels... 

Provost marshal, general court-martial. 


Art. 

. R 2061 

. 1 3578 

. R 1430 

. R 1431 

.. R 1431 

. R 1026 

. 1 2625 

. R 3669-3670 

. R 17 

. R 16 

.. R 2061 

. R 16 

. R 60 

.. R 45 

. 13667 

. R 34 

. R 1061 

. 14012 

. R 8 

. R 1534 

.. R 1005 

. R 3544 

. R 3331-3333 

. R 331 

. R 334 

.I 5222 (5w) 

.... I 3257 

....... R 133,3551 

I 3662-3671; R 3332 

. 13256 

.. R 334 

. R 334 

. I 707 

. R 3333 

. R 334 

. R 332 

., R 334 

. R 20 

.. R 2995 

.. 1 3255 

. 12502 

.. 12110 

.... 12113 (1),4482 

.I 2110; R 20 

.. 12505 

.. 12121 

. 14549 

. R 736-738 


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387 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Public bills: Art. 

ashore.... I 4691 

freight.... I 4484 

stores afloat^......I 4483,4484 

Public buildings, construction ol, duties of medical department in connection with.. Ii 2901 

Public conveyance, use of, ior transportation of stores. R 1507 

Public Health Service, periodical physical exercise. I 709 

Public property, loaning of, forbidden..„. R 1507 


Public works: 

confidential bulletin on....... I 604 

construction of.,.. I 712 

Public-works officer, inspections by. .> . I 4678 

Publication, information for crew...*.. I 2501 (6) 

Publications (see also Books) ....... I 602 

copies of, to be filed in Division of Operations........ I 606 

for newspapers, restrictions regarding ... J.. .....R 1535 

in praise or censure forbidden......... R 1520 

naval, authority for issue of.... ... I 605 

preparation and distribution of.............I 601-606 

receipts for. I 602 


Punishment-s.....__—.. —.........-......i o. 

assignment of, by commanding officer after investigation........ r. 

authority of, officers temporarily in command..... 

conformation of, with law-.-............ 

court-martial......... 

entered in log_........ . —.. ...—...... 

extra duty assigned as, to be discontinued on Sunday.......: i. 

genbral court-martial, include those imposed by summary eourts-maftial .1.... 

general courts-martial, limitation of..... 

hospital ships.....-.... 

imposed by commanding officer.•. 

imposed by summary court-martial...•.--- 

infliction of.. 

minor offenses, inflicted by commanding officer.. 

officers, record and report of.... 

report of, by commander in chief... 

Purchasc-s (see also Open purchases): 

coal, trade name of...:.... .. 


• ft' 


OULO 


7 ID 


discharge by ...- -. 

emergency, by pay officer of ship at navy yard 

naval hospitals. 

stores afloat...:. 

Purchase discharge: 

applications for. 

cost of.. 


price of, remittal of.-.: 

Purchasing officers, open purchase ( see also Pay officers) 

Qualification, Marine Corps officers.. 

Quarantine.-.-.-.. 

Quarantine laws and regulations... . . 

Quarter bill ( see also Station bills): 

executive officer to prepare.. — 

junior line officers to keep. 


R 1426-1434 
...... R 1428 

...... R 25 

...... R 141)3 

... R 14,51 

. R 1433 

...... R 1429 

.. R 35 

...... R 63 

.!.... I 4007 

...... R 24 

A.... R 30 

R 4 

...... R 1404 

. I 707 

.. I 916 

... I 4483 (3) 
...... R 3601 

... I 4472 (6) 

. 1 3224 

...... I 4483 

...... R 3601 

...... R 3601 

R 3601 
.. I 4654,4657 
.'. I 3669-3671 
. R 3801-3803 
... I 4017(3) 

...I 2501 (5) 
... I 2501 (8) 


Quarterdeck: 

* ‘ ✓ i** 

forward, salutes rendered to colors....... 

limits defined...-. 

Quartermaster, watch in hospital ships.... 

Quartermaster’s Department, Marine Corps, list of reports. 



R 1171 
R 1171 
I 4014 
I 5350 


























































388 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Quarters: 

absence from, special permission required. R 3704 

excused from, special permission required.-.-. R 3704 

medical officer of the day.-..—. I 3227 

medical officer’s station at. I 2129 

officers...I 2602 (3) 

Pay Division, station of.-.-. I 2203 

station bill for. J 2601 (4) 

Quarters, living: 

heated by Government plant, fuel allowance.-. R 4516 

inspection of... I 2602 ( 1 ) 

officers on board ship. I 801-809 

passengers on board ship.. I 808 

room allowance for officers. R 4513 

sick. (See Sick quarters.) 

Questions of jurisdiction referred to Navy Department. I 5303 

Quorum, boards...... R 303 

Races, boat, use of whistle or siren not permitted. I 2620 

Racing cutters, alterations prohibited.,,,,.,. I 717 

Radio: 

addresses to be used....,..... I 5350 

confirmation of messages. 1 5346 

forwarding of messages by cable..,... I 5347 

Radiograph, use of.,.,..... I 5347 

Rail, manning of.... R 1182 

Railroads, land-grant, forwarding over....... I 5353 

Rainy weather, lights allowed. I 2607 ( 8 ) 

Range finders, crew to be present at drill. I 2501 (7) 

Rank...V............ R 1037-1040 

authority of officer of the deck regardless of.. I 2508 (4) 

chaplains. R 1005 

chiefs of bureaus. R 1006 

civil engineers.._.. r .. R 1005 

commanding officer. R 1037 

commanding officer, hospital ship.'. R 2914 

corre ponding, officers of Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. R 1010 

division officers not changed on account of. I 2501 (1) 

executive officer....... R 1063 

line officers. R 1002 

marine officers. R 1011 

medical officers. R 1005 

naval constructors..-.. R 1005 

officers, retired, while chiefs of bureaus. R 1006 

officer, retired, while Judge Advocate General. R 1006 

officer succeeding to command. R 1044 

pay oflicers. R 1005 

professor of mathematics. R 1005 

Revenue-Cutter Service officers. R 1012 

staff officers. R ioo 5 

warrant officers. R 1013 

Rank and command, law and decisions concerning. R 1061-1064 

Rates, classification into, of ships.,. R 1034,1035 

Rating....7..... R 3551-3553 

advancement in . I. r, 3551 

changes in, entering of, in continuous-service certificate. R 3530 

changes in, reports of. I 5340 

first enlistment ages. r, 3525 

mess attendants... r 3551 

reduction of....7.7.’ R 24,619 

























































389 


,, ,, [I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations ] 

Rating—Continued. Arf 

rules for... R 3551 

shown on station billet. X 2501 ( 4 ) 

Ration notice, persons admitted to and discharged from hospital. I 5247 ( 26,27) 

Rations .. I 4549,4552 

absentees....... X 4552 

hospital patients..„. r 4521 

hospital ship, reports of.. r 2924,4521,4551 

increase of allowance for torpedo vessels for detached duty. R 4549 

naval hospitals. 1 3232 

serving of, regulations. I 2618(3) 

‘sick, supervision of medical officer. R 2959 

torpedo vessels. I 4549 

Reading, instruction of men in. I 2505 

Rear admiral, duty performed by (see also Flag officers; Commander in chief: Division com 

mander). R 1033 

Rebate, mess bill, officers’. 1826 

Receipts: 

clothing and small store, to be presented to division officers after Issue. I 1824 

confidential publications, director of target practice. I 713 

date of, recorded on document. I 5310(2) 

medical stores.... I 2118,2125 

. officers’ messes. I 825 

orders, officers to acknowledge.. I 701 

publications, orders, etc., from department. I 602 

Receiving ship: 

accounts of men sent to hospital. R 3582 

correspondence, how conducted. I 5340 

flags flown from.... R 1243 

officers to live and mess on board. I 821 

pay accounts of men discharged from hospital. I 4890 

recruits, reexamination of, enlisted on shore.. I 3210 

senior officer’s pennant flown from. R 1243 

ships in ordinary, pay, rations, and medical attendance. I 570 

vaccination of recruits.*. I 3211 

Record-s: 

custody of, by bureaus. R 103 

books and publications. I 602 

enlistment. (See Service records.) 

finger-print. I 5261 

general courts-martial. (See General courts-martial.) 
gunnery. (See Gunnery records.) 
health. (See Health record.) 
identification. (See Identification record.) 

official, forwarded to department, when going out of commission. I 5353 

service. (See Service record.) 

summary courts-martial. (See Summary courts-martial.) 

Recorder: 

board of inspection and mrvey. R 157 

courts-martial. (See Summary courts-martial.) 

deck courts. R 

marine examining board. I 3666 

summary courts-martial, rank of. R 27 

summary courts-martial witnesses, summoning of. R 606 

Recruits: 

age, statement of. R 3523 

descriptive list, medical officer to fill out. I 3201 

enlistment of, authorized by Navy Department. R 3523 

enlistment of, when aliens... R 3524 














































390 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Recruits—Continued. Art. 

identification records. R 3523 

personality of. R 3524 

physical disabilities of. R 3523 

physical examination of....... I 3201-3212; R 3523 

reexamination when enlisted on shore. I 3210 

typhoid inoculation... I 3212 

vaccination of........I 3211 (1-2) 

waiver of physical disqualifications.’ —.'..... I 3209 

Recruiting service: 

circulars regarding...1 —... I 004 

manual of instructions..... I 603 

Marine Corps...... R 4142,4151 

examination by yard medical officer...... I 3461 

reports,list of.1.1....!.......1... I 5261 

periodical physical exorcise of recruiting officers... I 709 

service records......i.. T.i. R 3541 

transportation funds not given to men on leave.............R 3710 

Red Cross........... R 3861 

Red Flag, junior flag officer’s............ R 1241 

Redress of wrong.....1..........R 1441-1443 

Reduction of rating (see also Rating)........ R 24,619 

general court-martial sentence..... R 816 

imposed by summary courts-martial.... R 30 

offenses adjudged for............. R 619 

Reenlistment: 

aliens... ...R 3524 

applicants for......'....I-R 3526 

continuous-servicemen............R 3527 

descriptive card.... —..I 5222 (5s), 5247 (25) 

men honorably discharged.......—....... R 3525 

residence at date of......'...R 3530 

Reexamination: 

marine officers....1..... I 3662 

physical, upon boarding ships....... I 3210 

Refusal of duty, punishment for... R 8 

Refuse: 

disposalof.........'.I............ I 2632 

disposal of, in hospital ships.... I 4015 

Register, officers to, when visiting Washington...... I 705 

Register, Navy. (See Navy Register.) 

Registration, telegraph and cable offices, arrival of ships. :...... 1......... 1 5344 

Regulations, interpretation of, requests for (see also Navy Regulations). 1........ _.' R 1501 

Release of prisoners, commanding officer’s supervision.........R 1427 

Religion, officers andmen to be encouraged in.......... ..../..ll..’— .I 2602 (6) 

Religious institutions, foreign, respecting of.......R 1538 

Remission of sentence, general courts-martial. .1.....'...1....1 .R 54 

Remittal, price of purchase discharge... R 3601 

Remonstrances: 

combination of officers for, forbidden.. — l'...:...'...: __.'....; R 4545 

to Congress, method of sending...v.*........ R 1517,1518 

Repair ships, rating of.....—'...'.. .:.... J ........ R 1035 

Repairs: 

correspondence regarding ships in commission sent through Division of Operations..... I 5324 

hospital ships, chief engineer prepares list of. I 4020 (6) 

list of, for commander in chief......'{■ j 5335 

ships in fleet......—..—*...... R 226 

ships in ordinary.... 1...... ------R 216 

ships in reserve..............'..'.......... r 216 

ships out of commission.. r 216 






















































391 


[I indicates Instructions; it indicates Regulations.] 

Repairs to ships: 

alterations. 

classification of. 

correspondence concerning. 

definition of. 

Reports. 

abstract of, patients. 

accidents... 

accounting department, signed by commandant. 

after action. 

against officers, investigation of, by commanding officer. 

annual— ... 

restrictions. 

sanitary, medical officer to make. 

arrival or departure of vessels. 

authorization of periodical. 

bill form. 

blank forms used in making. 

Board of Inspection and Survey. 

boards of inquiry. 

boards of investigation. 

boilers, condition of.-. 

candidates for admission or promotion in Medical Corps. 

casualties.. 

character of, when made as complaints.. 

chief engineer of hospital ship. 

clinical cards. 

coal... 

coaling ship. 

commander in chief (see also Commander in chief). 

commanding officer (see also Commanding officer). 

commendation or misconduct. 

condition of ship at 8 p. m. 

conduct of men of division. 

consolidation of. j. 

contractors, exceeding eight hours a day. 

crew, executive officer to make. 

daily conduct, posting of.. 

damage. 

dangers to navigation. 

dates of admission and discharge of officers for treatment. 

deaths (see also Deaths). 

descriptive cards. 

diplomatic subjects. 

disability, officer’s, incurred on leave or when no medical officer. 

disciplinary matters. 

division engineer to division commander... 

division paymaster to division commander. 

division surgeon to division commander. 

duplicates of. 

executive officer (see also Executive officer)— 

transmitted by, to commanding officer.. 

when inspecting officer. 

faults of personnel. 

finger-print records. 

fitness of officers.,.. 

flag officer on flagship. 

fleet paymasters. 

fleet staff. 


Art. 

. I 4301 

. I 4301 

. I 533S 

. I 4301 

. I 5201-5261 

.I 5222 (5f), 5247 (8) 

. I 5332 

.1 3433 

I 1407, 5221, 5327; R 2917 
. R 1400 

. I 5202 

.' I 2127 

. I 5343 

.. I 5201 (2) 

. I 5247 (30,31) 

. I 5205,5222 (5n) 

.. R 157 

. I 5332 

. I 5332 

. I 5212,5214 

. I 5247 (7) 

.. I 5222 (5j) 

. R 1405 

. R 2926 

....I 5222 (5h), 5247 (12) 

. I 2112 

. I 2505 

. I 916 

. I 5221,5222 

. I 707 

. I 2626 

. I 1825 

. 1 5201 

.. 1712 

.. I 2514 

. I 2501 (6) 

. I 5332 

... I 5355 

.I 5247 (38) 

.I 5222 (5q) 

1 5222 (5i, 5s), 5247 (14,25) 

.. 1 5330 

.. I 708 

. 15332 

.. I 5214 

.. I 5214 

.. I 5214 

. 1 5204 

. R 1063 

. R 1063 

. 1 5332 

. I 5261 (7) 

.. I 707,709,5221,5241 (8) 

.. I 2609 

.I 5212 (2) 

.I 1121 (2) 


























































392 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 


Reports —Continued. Art. 

fleet surgeon.~.—.. 11122(3) 

forwarding of... 15205,5335 

funeral expenses.... R 4553 

general instructions.-.- I 5301 

gun pointers’ eye test to department.. I 2501 (3) 

heads of departments to executive officer ( see also Heads of departments). R 1063 

headstones for unmarked graves in naval cemeteries.. I 3247 (5) 

health record..... 1 5222 (5), 5247 (33,34) 

Hospital Corps ( see also Hospital Corps)— 


examination. 

subsisted at hospitals. 

transfers. 

hospital ticket. 

hospital, supernumeries at. 

hull board. 

identification record. 

inspection (see also Inspections). 

cells and prisoners by medical officer 

compartments, etc. 

machinery. 

pay officer’s accounts. 

ships for transportation of sick. 

instructions concerning. 

inventory of medical property.. 

killed and wounded. 

letters of advice not to accompany. 

list of, submitted by— 

commanding officer. 

division surgeon. 

fleet paymaster. 

list of, submitted to— 


I 5247 (35), 5222 (5w) 

. I 5247 (11) 

I 5222 (5k), 5247 (16) 
I 5222 (5n), 5247 (20) 

. I 5247 (37) 

... 1 5222 

. I 5221 (18,20) 

.'.. 1 5335 

.. 12114 

. 1 2702 

. 1 5212,5214 

... 1 5212,5214 

. 1953,954 

. 1 5335 

. I 5247 (17) 

.. 15212,5214 

. 15335 

.. I 5221 

. I 5214 (2) 

.. 1 5212 (?) 


commander in. chief. 

division commander. 

master of hospital ship, case of accident.. 

matters of interest to other executive departments.:.. 

medical history of officers.... 

medical journal...... 

medical officer (see also Medical officer)— 

breaches of discipline.. 

in charge of hospital ship.. 

to commanding officer. 

medical property, survey of. I 

medical stores.. .... 

medical survey, noting name of ship.. 

medical survey on personnel.... 

misconduct, investigation of, by commanding officer. 

Naval Observatory, annual (see also Naval Observatory). 

navy yard, departments assigned by heads of departments.... 

offenses, character of. 

officer’s address. 

officers’ messes, monthly.... 

officers returning from sea. 

officers senior to executive officer, made to commanding officer 

' omission of.. 

operations, by medical officer. 

patients transferred to and from hospitals... 

periodical.. 

periodical physical exercise, officers’. 


..... I 5212 

..... 15214 

. R 2924 

.. 1 5330 

... 1 5222 (5d),5247 (4) 

. 1 5222 (5y), 5247 (40) 

.. 12131 

. 1 5231 

... I 5222 (5a) 

2123, 5222 (5a), 5222 (51), 5222 (5m), 5247 

-. 15247 (10) 

. 1 3236 

.. I 5222 (So, p), 5247 (21, 22) 

. R 1428 

....:.. 1604 

. 1 3433 

. R 1407 

.. I 704-706 

... I 825 

. 1706 

. R 1063 

. 1 5203 

.. I 5222 (5c), 5247 (2) 

. 15212,5214, 5222(5u) 

. 15201 

. 1709 

























































393 


[I indicates Instructions; It indicates Regulations.) 

Reports—Continued. _Yrt. 

photographs and moving-picture films, making of... I 714 

physical examination. I 709,3201,3208 

postcard........... 15315 

prison spaces, made by medical officer... r 1431 

publications required.. 1 602 

radiograph, use of....•.. 1 5347 

recommendations and suggestions_..... 1 5201, 5202 

reports and returns, general instructions.:....... I 5201-5205 

requisition and priced invoice... 1 :.I 5222 ( 5 e), 5247 ( 6 ) 

requisitions, medical supplies. 15247 (28, 29) 

routine........ I 5335 

sanitary condition of station.........I 5212,5214 

sanitary inspection- 

hospitals... I 5212,5214 

hospital ships. I 5212,5214 

ships. I 5212,5214,5222 (5b), 5247 (3) 

sanitary, of navy yards and naval stations....I 5247 (13) 

ships at navy yards, how made.... I 6338 

sick... I 2107,3461,5247 (15) 

simplifying of.. I 5201 

special subjects. I 5202 (1) 

statistical.:.-. I 5222 (5g),5247 (9) 

styles of writing, etc..... I 5301 

supplies exempt by law from advertisement, requisitions for..... 1 5222 (5t) 

telegraphic. I 5341-5351 

telephone messages at private establishments..— I 715 

transfers (see also Transfers)— 

from hospital to ship or station.. I 5247 (39) 

patients.. -.... R 2961 

to and from civil hospitals...I 5247 (32) 

urgent, made to officer of the deck. I 2514 

vacancies, men sent to hospital..... R 3582 

weekly inspection of ship......:. I 2702 

Report book: 


crew, executive officer to keep...... I 2514 

medical officer to make entries in......... I 2131 

signature of, by commanding officer after assignment of punishments.... R 1428 

Reporting for duty.... -. R 1512 

officers.-... I 703 

communicate fact and date of.....-........*. I 701 

Requests: 

blank forms.-...I 5222 ( 5r),5247 (24) 

crew, commanding officer to receive and consider.. I 2628 

form of.-.-. R 1525 

leave, duty, etc. I 5325 

purchase discharge.:....-.- — -. R 3601 


Requisitions: 

clothing and small stores, division officers to control..--- 

equipage, supplies, or services, furnished a ship. 

fleet staff’s duties regarding...-. 

letters of advice not to accompany.. 

medical supplies... 

money, granting of, by commanding officer (see also Money) 

open purchases, general instructions regarding. 

printing and binding. 

ship at navy-yard port for services.-. 

signature by acting chief of bureau. 


... 11823 

. I 4471-4484 

. I 1121 

. I 5335 

1 2119.2120,4475,4657,5247 (28,29) 

. R 3669 

.1 4654,4657 

... 135 

. 1 4472 

. I 5320 






















































394 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Requisitions—Continued. 

stores afloat— Art. 

disposition of, final.. I 4484 

ships at navy-yard port. I 4472 

supplies— 

exempt by law from advertisement.I 5222 (5t) 

laundry for side.„... I 2121 

telephone at private establishments. I 715 

Rescue, persons overboard... I 2608 (5) 

Residence: 

officers. I 705 

reenlistment record of, in continuous-service certificate. R 3530 

Resignation: 

desertion before acceptance. R 10 

officers, confidential publications. I 713 

Restoration to duty: 

date of, to be entered in ship’s log.. R 1433 

officer under arrest... R 1417 

procedure by officers in case of. R 1421 

Restrictions: 

character of, officer under suspension. R 1419 

lists to be published to crew...I 2501 ( 6 ) 

unhealthy ports. 1952 

Resuscitation, drills for. I 2641 

Retired list: 

address of officers... I 705 

employment of, officers actice duty. R 1049 

grades included under.•. R 1002 

health records of officers... I 708 

line officers, titles taken by. R 1002 

physical disability. R 331 

rank taken by officers. R 1002,1006 

staff officers, titles of. R 1005 

travel abroad. I 705 

Retirement, officers incapacitated in line of duty. R 331 

Retiring board. R 341,343 

disability, causes for, report of.. R 341 

Oaths, form of. R 351 

officers’....... I 709 

Marin e C orps.... R 343 

Return aboard ship, senior officers’ reports of, by officer of the deck, to executive officer.R 1063 

Return gun salutes (see also Gun salutes). R 1221-1224 

Return visits... R 1278 

Reveille, when sounded. 1 2606 

Revenue-Cutter Service: 

officers, authority of. R 1012 

officers of, relative rank taken by. R 1012 

Reviewing officer, general court-martial, proceeding examined. R 836 

Revising authority, general court-martial. R 846 

Revision, courts of inquiry proceedings. R 427 

Rewards and privileges. R 3669,3670 

Rifle practice, subtarget machine, enlisted personnel to exercise...I 2605 (3) 

Rigging, report on ...-. I 2627 

Riots, prevention of, by officers of the Navy. R 1412 

Robbery, report of. R 1505 

Rooms, meals not to be taken in ( see also Quarters, living). I 821 

Rope, survey of.... I 4735 


















































395 

[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Routine: 

book, to bo kept by officer of the deck.. 

fleet, copies of sent to department. 

instructions concerning. 

reports. 

ships’, posted for crew. 

unhealthy port. 

Royal families: 

honors for members of, aboard ship.. 

salutes to, in ships passing. 

Running aground, inquiry into. 

Sail-s: 

boat, stowage of. 

inspection of. 

repair of... 

Sail room, oiled canvas not to be stowed in.... 

Sail ships, dressing of.,.. 

Sailing directions, publication and issue of. 

Sailmakers: 

classification of, as staff officers. 

general duties... 

oiled canvas, stowage of..... 

ship, condition of; report.... 

Sales: 

clothes, arms, etc., prohibited. 

hospital ships, prohibited.— 

material ( see also Material, salo of). 

medical property. 

Sales and surveys of materials (see also Surveys; Material) 

Salutes (see also Honors; Gun salutes). 

aboard ship... 

American ports, answering of. 

anniversaries and holidays. 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, ships passing. 

boats, table of. 

boats, to “colors,” when sounded. 

boat keepers. 

crew on shipboard. 

crew, when honors are rendered.. 

diplomatic officials, ensign displayed. 

dipping colors, restrictions in... 

dispensed with by request,. 

during firing of, men to stand at attention. 

exchange of, between flag officers.-.. 

fired at 8a. m...— 

fired in presence of senior...- - - • 

firing of....-...... 

flag officers. 

exchange of.....-. 

official visits, not returned. 

return for... 

foreign civil officers... 

foreign flag officers. 

foreign governments.. - -. 

foreign officials.. -.. 

ensign displayed.. 

foreign port.. 

foreign sovereigns in ships passing. 

foreign vessels, answering of. 


Art. 

...... 12501 (9) 

. 1902 

. 1 2601 

. 15335 

...... 12501 (6) 

. 1952 

.. R 1105 

. R 1106 

.R 441,442 

. 1 2502(5) 

.. I 2634 

. 12634 

. 1 2634 

.. R 1180 

--... I 604 

. R 1013' 

.. 1 2634 

.. I 2634 

.. I 2626 

. 1711 

.... R 2921 

I 4735,4749,4750 

. I 4749 

I 4735,4749,4750 
... R 1101-1321 

_ .... R 1174 

.. R 1224 

... R 1286-1289 

.. R 1113 

. R 1177 

. R 1177 

I 1803; R 1177 

. R 1174 

. R 1158 

. R 1231 

. R 1196 

. R 1212 

.. R 1203 

. R 1138 

..R 1204 

.. R 1203 

.... R 1201-1213 

. R 1126 

. R 1138 

. R 1223 

.. R 1222 

. R 1193 

.... R 1192,1231 
.... R 1191-1197 
.... R 1191-1197 

.. R 1231 

..R 1191 

.R 1106 

. R 1224 

























































396 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Salutes—Continued. 

frequency of rendering.. 

inability of ships to fire, report of. 

information obtained from officers saluted- 

interval between guns. 

July Fourth. 

junior flag officers... 

lack of masts. 

leaving the quarterdeck.. 

Memorial Day.. 

national, ensign displayed. 

national, number of guns.. 

nations not recognized, not rendered to. 

naval officers. 

uot rendered to United States ports. 

not returned. 

officers advanced in rank.. — 

officer in boats to stop.. 

officers in civilian clothes, not rendered to. 

officers. 

officers, when honors are rendered. 

officials in company, senior saluted. 

officials making passage in ship. 

omission of, explained. 

personal flags, displaying of. 

President of foreign Republic in passing ship.. 

rank of officer saluted obtained. 

reaching of quarterdeck. 

rendered by officers. 

rendered to foreign officers if possible.... 

rendered to foreign powers if possible. 

restrictions in firing. 

return gun for gun-,.. 

royal families, ships passing. 

rules of senior ship followed.. 

Secretary of the Navy- 

answering of. 

ships passing..... 

sentries to officers. 

ships authorized to fire. 

side cleaners. 

sovereigns, ships passing. 

table of, for boats.. 

tabular statement of. 

Washington’s Birthday... 

Washington’s tomb, ships passing.. 

when fired.. 

when in boats.. 

when not fired in port. 

Saluting ships. 

Samoa, service in, equivalent to sea duty. 

Sanitary conditions, commanding officer’s duties 
Sanitary inspections: 

fleet surgeon’s. 

living spaces, etc. 

Marine Corps. 

Sanitary report: 

medical officer. 

navy yards and naval stations. 


Art. 

. R 1212 

. R 1201 

. R 1210 

. R 1202 

. R 1286 

.,1.R 1129 

.. R 1259 

.. R 1171 

. R 1286 

. R 1231 

.. R 1202 

. R 1194 

. R 1126 

.. R 1205 

. R 1221 

.. R 1213 

. R 1207 

. R 1140 

. R 1173 

. R 1157 

.. R 1208 

.,. R 1209 

. R 1201 

. R 1237 

. R 1106 

. R 1210 

. R 1171 

. R 1173 

. R 1201 

. R 1201 

. It 1205,1206 

. R 1221 

. R 1106 

.. R 1203 

. R 1222 

. R 1111 

. R 1169 

. R 1108 

. R 1177 

. R 1106 

. R 1177 

. R 1143 

... R 1286 

.. R 1107 

. R 1204 

.. R 1177 

. R 1206 

. R 1201 

.... I 710 

. R 20 

. I 1122 (2) 

. I 2702 

. I 3578 

I 2127,3259,5222 (5b),5247 (3) 
. I 5247 (13) 


/ 

























































397 


[I indicates Instructions: R indicates Regulations.] 

Sanitation: 

commander in chief to regulate. 

unhealthy ports...... 

supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery... 

Saturday half holiday. 

Scandalous conduct, punishment for. 

Schools, technical, supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.. 

Scientific subjects, publications on..... 

Sea duty, insular service equivalent to. 

Sea service...„.. 

foreign stations. 

ships in ordinary, readiness for. 

ships in reserve, readiness for... 

Seamen (see also Enlisted men): 

helmsmen, instruction as... 

pay of (see also Pay).„. 

Secretary of Commerce and Labor: 

death of navy-yard employees, report of... 

injuries to civil employees. 

officers in Lighthouse Service, supervision over. 

Secretary of legation: 

honors for.,,..,. 

rank of. 

Secretary of the Navy: 

absence, lights for. 

addresses, telegraphic and cable. 

aids. 

appeals from decision of, addressed to President. 

arrival of, information required. 

bills before Congress.. 

board of inquest, reports..... 

Board of Inspection and Survey, reports from, concerning ships under construction 

bureau circulars, approval of. 

charges of offenses. r . 

coast-survey officers.. 

commander in chief, absence from command. 

correspondence (see also Correspondence)— 

Civil Service Commission.... 

executive departments.... 

fleets... 

forwarded through Division of Operations. 

court-martial order, preparation of. 

courts of inquiry ordered by... 

death of, ceremonies for... 

destruction of infected clothing.... 

detail of executive officers.—.. 

discharges prior to expiration of enlistment. 

drill books, changes in...... 

embarked in boat, honors for...— 

Fish Commission officers......... 

flag displayed in boats.. 

fleet orders, copies of, forwarded to commander in chief. 

fleet organization....*.. 

foreign vessels visiting naval harbors... 

funeral escort.. 

general courts-martial......... 

mitigation of sentence.... 

ordered by..... 

remission of sentence....... 


Art. 

....I 902,916 
...... I 952 

. R 133 

I 404,2602 (5) 

. R 8 

. R 2901 

. I 604 

. I 710 

. R 1532 

. I 955 

_ R 216 

. R 216 

... I 2505 (3) 
. R 4427 

.... I 391,392 
.... I 391,392 
. R 1051 

1 X 

i 

. R 1116 

. R 1116 

. R 1111 

. I 5324 

. R 104 

. I 5323 

. R 1266 

. R 1517-1518 

. R 322 

. R 157 

. R 901 

. R 1407,1408 

.. R 1051 

. R 3702 

. I 5309 

. I 5309 

. I 916 

. I 5324 

.... J 601,602 

. R 55 

. R 1296 

.. I 4750 

. R 1061 

. R 3601 

. R 901 

. R mi 

. R 1051 

. R 1253 

. I 902 

. R 201 

. R 1503 

...... R 1301 

... R 701-850 


... R 38 
... R 846 
























































398 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Secretary of the Navy—Continued. Art. 

general orders, supervision over.. R 901 

head of Navy Department.. R 101 

honors for, on board of ship.-. R 1237 

hospital fund.......1... R 4404 

information for Congress.1.... R 1517,1518 

international communications. I 5324 

leaving United States, permission for......... R 3701 

letters from ships addressed to..... I 5328 

Lighthouse Service officers... R 1051 

list of officers and men, sent to before sailing..-...-. R 20 

mates, rating of. R 1014 

movements of ships, correspondence regarding........ I 5324 

naval hospital... I 3224,3239 

Navy Regulations and Instructions. I 601-606; R 901 

Nurse Corps (female), supervision over....... R 3322 

flag officer, successor to, appointed by.... R 1044 

papers signed by direction of. I 5317 

personal flag, displaying of. R 1237 

photographs and moving-picture films of naval subjects.... I 714 

post-graduate work.... R 1542-1543 

publication of court-martial extracts, supervision over........ R 901 

publications, issue of.... I 605,606 

rank in command... R 1062 

reception of, in navy yards and aboard ship...... R 1111,1266 

Red Cross, assistance during war time...‘ R 3861 

redress of wrongs.... R 1443 

reviewing authority of deck courts......... R 516 

salutes for, answering of.....•..... R 1222 

salute, ships passing.... R 1111 

senior line officer, duties of, designated by..'....,.. R 1063 

ship under construction, reports concerning from Board of Inspection and Survey.... R 157 

signal books, preparation and disposition of.......... I 601-606; R 901 

special instructions for officers and men.... R 1542,1543 

traitors, punishment of..... R4 

transfer of marines......... R 3585 

treason, punishment of.... R 4 

uniform regulations, supervision over. 1 .. R 901 

Secretary of War, permits transportation by Army transports... I 955 

Section of Movement of the Fleet included in Division of Operations..... R 105 

Sedition,punishment for...;.. R 8 

Semaphore signals used in hospital ships. I 4003 

Senior line officer: 

assistance rendered to, in restoring order........ R 1412 

assumption of command. R 1003 

duties of, designated by Secretary of the Navy...... R 1063 

duty of, to prevent riots and quarrels.1. R 1412 

exercise of authority by... R 1003 

in boats, responsibility of..'....... R 1530 

preside at mess. I 824 

Senior officer’s pennant: 

displaying of.... R 1242 

flying of, in navy yards.. R 1243 

Senior officer present: 

approval of court-martial sentence... R 32 

arrival of ships in port, report of...... I 5342-5344 

boat hours for official functions. I 2608 (2) 

clothing, climate regulations...I 2617(3) 
























































399 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Senior officer present—Continued. 

communication with department. 

correspondence, forwarding. 

correspondence; numbering of letters. 

departure of ships from port, report of. 

diplomatic officer, boat furnished to. 

flag officer absent. 

foreign port, absence of.. 

hospital ticket. 

improvements, suggestions for. 

incorrect communications not to be forwarded. 

leave of absence, granting of. 

lights, concealing of, in time of war. 

medical property, survey of.... 

medical stores, transfer of...'. 

medical surveys.. 

motions followed. 

officers transferred to or from hospitals. 

orders involving travel. 

redress of wrongs. 

registration of names. 

removal of sick. 

reports sent through, to department. 

senior officer’s pennant. 

ships at navy yards. 

signature in absence of. 

signature to be in own handwriting. 

summary courts-martial ordered by. 

unserviceable articles, survey of. 

Sentences: 

court-martial... 

discharge pursuant to..... 

punishments forbidden.. 

death penalty replaced by imprisonment. 

death, two-thirds vote of general court-martial required.. 

deck court, execution of... 

general courts-martial. (See General courts-martial.) 

imprisonment adjudged instead of death penalty. 

summary courts-martial. (See Summary courts-martial.) 

Sentries, salutes to officers.. -. - - 

Service: 

ashore. (See Shore duty.) 
foreign. (See Foreign service.) 
insular. (See Insular service.) 
military. (See Military service.) 
sea. (See Sea service.) 

Service pensions, disabled enlisted men. 

Service records. 

correspondence regarding. 

disposal of. 

entries during service. 

entries upon discharge. 

entries upon enlistment... 

items included in. 

medical officer to verify. 

officer’s, kept by Bureau of Navigation. 

preparation of, at place of enlistment. 

recruiting officer’s supervision. 

transfer papers to include. 


Art. 

.. I 5337 

. I 5305 

.. I 5310 

. I 5342-5344 

. R 1273 

.R 1044,1244 

. R 1244 

. I 5222 (fin) 

. I 916 

. I 5329 

. R 3703 

.I 2007 (12) 

. I 4749,5222 (5m) 

. I 2118 

I 5222 (5o); R 361 

. I 2010 

.. I 850 

. I 5330 

.. R 1442 

I 5344 

.. R 3582 

.. I 5335 

.. R 1236 

. I 916 

...... I 5319-5320 

.. I 5319 

. R 003 

.. 1 4735 

. R 4 

. R 3601 

.. R 49 

.. R 7 

. R 50 

. R 32 

. R 7 

.. R 1169 


eaqcdoTftJni ■> 


. R 4661 

. R 3541,3542,3544 

. 1 5309 

. R 3544 

I 3202,3208; R 514,024,3544 

. R 3606 

... R 3542 

. R 3542 

.1 2102 

. I 3257 

. R 3541 

. R 3541 

. R 3585 





















































400 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 

Alt. 

Services, requisitions for.....I 4472-4484 

Shackels, overhauling.......I 2631,2636 

Ship-s: 

acting singly, communications.'.... I 5337 

alterations to, definition of......... I 4301 

authorized to fire salutes........ R 1108 

classification of..... R 1034,1035 

condition of, inspection by executive officer... R 1063 

correspondence to be addressed to Secretary of the Navy... I 5328 

customs inspection of...... I 1321 

departure from port, report of. I 5342-5344 

designation of....A.I 5312(3) 

detached, requisition for medical Stores.. I 2119 

disabled temporarily, may remain in commission...... R 216 

distinctive marks of..... 11 1236 

docking, cleaning, painting, etc... I 2707 

dressing of........ —..... R 1180 

full dressing of.;....... R 1181 

general specifications covering the building of.....: I 604 

gun salutes by.... R 1201-1212 

hospital (see also Hospital ships)...;. R 2911-2926 

in and out of commission.....:.. R 216 

inability to salute, report of_:.^. R 1201 

loss or grounding of, inquiry into... R 441,442 

movements, crew to be informed of.......I 2501 ( 6 ) 

Naval Auxiliary Service, operation of..... ....... R 1031 

navy-yard port, emergency contracts, limitation.:.....1 . T 4472 ( 8 ) 

nomenclature, instruction of men in...... I 2205 (1) 

not in United States service, pennants not flown from..... R 1247 

outfit. (See Outfit.) 

probable movements of..........A I 916 

ratiug of.....R 1034,1035 

repairs and alterations to...... :....... A... I 4301 

returned from foreign station, inspection of, by Board of Inspection and Survey. R 157 

salutes by...... ......: ... R 1201-1212 

sanitary inspection of; report......... I 5212,5214 

status of... 1 A... R 216 

supplied with one steam launch, regulation....... ......’ . I 2608 

temperature and ventilation........ I 2617 

unserviceable and insanitary articles on, how disposed of...•. I 4735 

Ship arriving in port: 

contagious disease aboard.—:.:. R 3802 

interchange of visits... R 1269 

quarantine regulations... R 3801 

report of.... 1 5342*5344; R 1272 

wardroom officers, visits by.. R 1268 

Ships coming to anchor (see also Coming to anchor): 

colors, displaying of...... R 1238 

honors between____ —.-.... R 1159 

man-of-war lights.............. R 1258 

Ship’s Company. (See Crew.) 


Ship fitting out. (See Fitting out; Going into commission.) 

Ships getting under way. (See Getting underway.) 

Ships going into commission. (See Going into commission.) 

Ship going out of commission. (See Going out of commission.) 

Ship-s in foreign ports: 

boarding visits to American merchantmen....:. R 1279 

boarding visits to United States men-of-war.. .... r 1279 

boat ensign, displaying of..... R 1240 




















































401 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Ship-s in foreign ports—Continued. 

boats for consular and diplomatic officers. 

command, senior officer present. 

ensigns displayed in boats. 

foreign anniversaries, observance of. 

foreign officials, return visits by. 

funeral ceremonies. 

holidays, observance of. 

interchange of visits. 

national anniversary, observance of... 

religious institutions, respecting of...1... 

salutes rendered by... 

visits to diplomatic officers. 

visit to foreign officials...,. 

Ship in islands under United States, visits of ceremony. 

Ship in navy yard ( see also Navy yards)....... 

correspondence with. 

liberty for men. 

material, emergency contracts for... 

one-fourth the crew required to be aboard. 

reports, how made. 

senior officer’s pennant, flying of. 

services, emergency contracts for.. 

summary court-martial, reviewing authority of. 

visits of courtesy... 

Ships in ordinary... 

complement. 

docking and undocking.'... 

maintenance. 

medical officer. 

officers and men borne on receiving ship. 

readiness for sea. 

repairs of...1.::. 

Ships in reserve... —.... 

complements of. 

inspection of, by Board of Inspection and Survey..... 

overhauling. 

readiness for sea. 

repairs of. 

Ships leaving port: 

bad-conduct discharge men, disposition of. 

bill of health.. .... 

leave granted to personnel.. 

Ships meeting, orders interchanged... 

Ships newly commissioned, inspeotion of, by Board of Inspection and Survey 
Ship on detached service: 

transfer orders for officers. 

travel orders for officers.. 

Ships, organization of. 

Ships out of commission. 

abstract of patients sent to department... 

inspection of, by Board of Inspection and Survey. 

medical property, inventory of. 

medical record journal, where forwarded. 

papers of. 

publications forwarded. 

repairs to. 

report of operations. 

survey on medical supplies. 


Art. 

.... R 1273 
.... R 1244 
.... R 1240 

_ R 1288 

_ R 1270 

R 1301.1303 

_ R 1287 

R 1207-1270 

_ R 1287 

_ R 1538 

_ R 1197 

.... R 1273 

_ R 1274 

.... R 1277 
.... I 91G 
v I 5338 
.... R 3708 
.. I 4472 (8) 

_ R 3708 

.... I 5338 
.... R 1243 
.. I 4472 (8) 
.... R 022 

_ R 1271 

I 570;R 216 

. R 216 

.... I 3400 
.... R 216 
.... I 570 
.... I 570 
.... R 216 
.... R 216 
.... R 216 
.... R 216 
.... R 157 
.... 1 2981 
.... R 216 
.... R 216 

.... R 623 
.... I 2126 
.... R 3705 
.... I 2612 
.... R 157 

.... I 5336 
.... I 5336 
I 2501-2516 
.... R 216 
. I 5222 (if) 
.... R 157 
I 5222 (51) 
.... 13231 
.... I 5353 
.... I 5353 
.... R 216 
. I 5222 (5) 
.... I 4749 


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402 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Ships passing: Art. 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, salutes for...... r 1113 

attention sounded..R 1151,1161 

close aboard, definition of term.....::. R 1153 

colors, displaying of.....R 1238 

during maneuvers, honors restricted to attention on bugle..... R 1159 

flag officers saluted.;...R 1137 

foreign sovereigns, salutes to.:.....R 1106 

honors rendered...... R 1151-1154,1162 

honors when one has been on detached duty...R 1159 

personal honors, restrictions in rendering...R 1152 

royal families, salutes to... R 1106 

salutes to presidents of foreign republics........R 1106 

salutes to royal families.... R 1106 

Secretary of the Navy; salutes for...... R 1111 

Ship’s position, officer of the deck to keep informed of.‘.. R 2602 

Ship’s prisons: 

dimensions of......R 1429 

ventilation of.......;.....R 1430 

Shipments: 

correspondence concerning........I 5340 (3) 

for supply vessels to pass through general storekeeper. I 4624 

hospital ship..... I 4007 

naval supply vessels....’. I 4624 

Shipping of crews, Naval Auxiliary Service... R 1083 

Shipyards, telephone service.i...’.. I 715 

Shoemakers, ships, regulation of charges...... I 2514 

Shore duty, assignment of officers to. R 1031-1040 

Shore stations ( see also Navy yards and naval stations)... R 3941,4006,4007 

Sick: 

care of, supervised by fleet surgeon..—. 1..I 1122 (5) 

commander in chief to be informed of... I 908 

daily report of, at navy yard....... I 3461 

daily report of, made...1.1... I 2107 

food for, supervision of medical officer.....R 2959 

for passage to United States... I 2116 

laundry and provisions for. 12121 

removal to hospital...R 3582 

pharmacists’duties regarding. I 2351 

report of— 

by commander in chief.. I 916 

forwarded to department.. I 5247 (15) 

from hospital.,..... I 3238 

inaccuracies. I 3254 

sending home....I 953,954 

station during quarters. I 2129 

stores and supplies for. I 2120 

treatment of....-. I 3222 

Sick-bay recorder, hospital apprentices detailed as. I 2642 

Sick leave: 

authority for. R 3707 

detachment of officers on, after medical survey..... R 364 

employees, civil... - - - I 62,403,404 

officer’s health records. I 708 

Sick list: 

commanding officer to examine... w. I 2619 

report of. I 3254 




















































403 

[I Indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Sick quarters: Art. 

inspected by fleet surgeon....I 1122 (2) 

pharmacists’duties regarding. I 2351 

medical officer to inspect at fitting out. I 2101 

medical officers’ duties regarding. I 2104 

Sickness: 

officers, meals served in rooms. I 821 

provided for on general bills. I 2506 

Side boys, number of. R 1167 

Side cleaners, salutes by. R 1177 

Side honors (see also Honors; Salutes): 

piping the side... R 1166 

salutes rendered by persons in view. R 1164 

side boys given.. R 1167 

when dispensed with. R 1168 

Signal-s: > ■ 

closing and. opening water-tight doors... I 2506 

code and meaning not written together..,. R 1541 

flag officer killed in battle... R 1045 

official, authority for... 12611 

recognition, not made to strange ship.......,.,... I 2611 

rockets and powder for, commanding officer shall designate... I 2614 

signal and meaning not written together. R 1541 

translation of, prohibitions of, regarding..R 1541 

used in hospital ships... I 4003 

Signal books: 

changes in, supervision of Secretary of the Navy. R 901 

how forwarded..... I 5353 

preparation and distribution of.I 601,604 

records of, to be kept by Division of Operations.. I 602 

Secretary of the Navj’, supervision over. R 901 

subjects included in... R 901 

Signal record book: 
commanding officer— 

to examine daily......... I 2615(1) 

to approve, when......—.. I 2615(1) 

signals (signal) and meaning not written together. R 1541 

Signalmen, hospital ships.,. I 4003 

Signature: 

absence of chief of bureau.I 5318-5320 

absence of officer in command... I 5319 

as “Acting”. 1 5320 

general orders, etc... I 601 

quotations by direction. 1 5320 

to be in own handwriting. I 5319 

Silver, aboard ship as freight. R 1510 

Silver services, appraisal and survey of. I 4735 

Silverware, officers' messes. I 828 

Single irons, restrictions in use.R 24,30,619 

Siren: 

not to be used in boat races. I 2620 

use of...... I 2506 

Sleeping on watch, punishment for. R 4 

Small arms, crew taught use of. I 2505 

Smoking: 

commanding officer to regulate.. I 2512 

hospital ships, forbidden... I 4013 

regulations regarding... I 2625 


















































404 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Art. 

Smuggling, punishment for.-. R 12 

Solemnities....-.. R 1286-1289 

Solenoid whistles, use of..-. I 2506 

Solicitor, general duties....-. R 103 

Solitary confinement: 

imposed by summary court-martial......... R 30 

limit of punishment by commanding officer....... R 24 

on bread and water imposed by summary court-martial. R 30 

Sounding attention, regulating of.....-.. R 1161 

Sovereigns: 

foreign countries, honors for.... R 1104 

foreign country, ships passing, salutes to. R 1106 

gun salutes not fired to........ R 1203 

Spars: 

carpenter's examination of. I 2629 

defects in....... I 2627 

Speaker of the House, honors for.......... R 1114 

Special instruction, Navy Department’s authority regarding........ R 1542,1543 

Special orders, preparation and distribution of...I 601-606 

Special service squadron, commander of... R 201 

Specialists, treatment by, expenses for...... R 4534 

Specifications: 

acceptance trials, furnished to Board of Inspection and Survey.. R 157 

general, covering the building of ships...... I 604 

inspection of hull material. I 604 

Spies, punishment of......... R 5 

Spirits, custody of medical officer (See also Intoxicants).... R 2965 

Spontaneous combustion: 

oiled canvas, stowage of. I 2634 

precautions against.....■*. I 2616 

Squadron commander (See also Division commander): 

arrival of ships in port, report of....I 5342-5344 

correspondence... I 5333 

courts of inquiry ordered by......... R 403 

medical stores, survey of..........I 4749 

murder, punishment for..... R6 

signature in absence of. I 5319,5320 

signature to be in own handwriting. I 5319 

survey of medical stores....., I 4749 

Squadron paymaster, purchases (.see also Division paymaster; Pay officer). I 4483 (5) 

Staff: 

correspondence forwarded by... I 5305 

fitness, reports of. I 707 

Marine Corps (see also Marine Corps staff).. R 4142 

quarters on board ship... I SOS 

Staff Corps: 

entrance to, information regarding... I 604 

order of precedence of..... R 1009 

Staff of flag officer afloat. R 1816,1826,1828 

Staff officers: 

authority of... R 1007,1062 

chiefs of bureaus, titles of.. R 1006 

ex-chief of bureau, assignment to duty... R 1032 

exercise of command by.. R 1007 

line officers, detailed under, at navy yards. R 1043 

precedence taken by.’..... R 1007 

rank taken by.. R 1005 

respect accorded to. R 1062 



















































405 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Staff officers—Continued. Art. 

retired list, titles of.,.„. R 1005 

right of communication with commanding officers. R 1061 

titles included under... R 1004,1005 

Stamps, date, use of...I 5312 (21) 

Standing lights... I 2607 (4) 

Star-Spangled Banner, designated as the National Anthem. R 1172 

Starboard gangway, instructions in use.R 1170 

Statements: 

character of, in reply to complaints. R 1405 

from crew to commanding officer. I 2623 

officers, regarding unfavorable reports. I 707 

submission of, by accused in writing. R 1404 

Staterooms (see also Quarters, living): 

assignment of...I 804-808 

meals not to be taken in. I 821 

Station bills: 

disposition of, at end of cruise.. I 2516 

executive officer to prepare.. I 2501 (5) 

junior line officers to keep. I 2501 (8) 

reduced complements. I 2505 (6) 

Station billets, to be given to crew. I 2501 (4) 

Stations, naval (see also Naval stations). I 5354 

Stationery of officer in command to be used in his absence. I 5322 

Stealing, punishment for. R 14 

Steam launches, rank of passengers indicated by whistle blasts (see also Boats).R 1176 

Steam log, engineer officer, duties regarding..I 2615 (4) 

Steering, instruction of men in. ... I 2505 

Stewards: 

officers’ messes, not to contract bills. I 825 

rating of.. R 3551 

Storerooms: 

condition of, officers responsible for.R 1063 

evening inspection. I 2640 

hospital steward responsible for.R 3402 

inspection of. I 2626,2702 

keepers to be in pay division. I 2203 

lights in, when extinguished... I 2607 (3) 

medical officer to inspect.. 12115 

officers responsible for condition of. R 1063 

responsibility of yeomen in connection with....R 3402 

uncovered lights not to be used in...I 2607 (10) 

use of, as sleeping apartments.. I 809 

Stores and supplies afloat (see also General storekeeper; Pay officer; Supply accounts afloat). I 4421-4552 

bills of exchanges for purchases. I 4483 (4) 

change of pay officers.*. I 4421 

check for purchases..I 4483 (4) 

coat purchased, trade name of. I 4483 (3) 

commander in chief, duties regarding... I 916 

custody, care, and expenditure of. I 4421 

dealers’bills, payment of............. I 4483 

death of officer in charge of..I 4421 (4) 

detachment of officers in charge of. I 4421 

examination of...-.- • • -. I 2636 

excess, requisitions for.- 1 4472 

expenditure of. I 4421 

fleet paymaster, purchases of. I 4483 

freight, public bills for...... I 4484 





















































406 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Stores and supplies afloat—Continued, 
instruments of precision, selection of. 

list to accompany delivery.. 

navy-yard craft.». 

officer of deck, duties regarding. 

officers’ messes. 


Art. 

.. I 4480 
.. I 4482 
I 4472 (7) 
.. I 1802 
.. I 825 


provisions (sec also Provisions)— 

fresh, inspection of. 1 4482 

torpedo vessels. 1 4549 

public bills for.....I 4483,4483 (5), 4484 

quality certificate... I 4483 

quality, inspection of. I 4482 

quantity certificate... I 4483 

rations...I 4549,4552 

torpedo vessels.....,. I 4549 

receiving aboard. 1 4482 

requisitions {see also Requisitions). I 1121,4472-4484 

cost of items. 1 4472 

final disposition of....I 4484 (1) 

ship duties of commanding officer regarding, at navy yards, emergency contracts, limitation. I 4472 (8) 

shore, restriction of, in unhealthy ports... I 952 

subsistence, torpedo vessels. I 4549 (1) 

surgical instruments, selection of. I 4480 

transportation of, public conveyance to be used. R 1507 

unnecessary expenditure forbidden. R 1507 

vouchers for purchases. I 4483 (3) 

wine mess.'. I 827 

custody, care, and issue.........R 4623 

exempt by law from advertisement, requisitions for. I 6222 (5t) 

inspection when received on contract or requisition. I 4678 

Marine Corps, shipments in supply vessels (see also Marine barracks, Marine Corps). I 4624 

open purchases of. I 4654,4657 

requisitions for (see also Requisitions). I 4654 

shipments in naval supply steamers (see also Shipments). I 4624 

shipped by Government conveyance.... I 4624 

ship’s, requisitions for. _........I 4472-4484 

transportation of, public conveyance to be used... R 1507 

unnecessary expenditure forbidden... R 1507 

Storeship, medical stores, transfer of. I 2118 


Stowage: 

cargo in supply steamer. I 4624 

hold. I 2627 

medical stores, inflammable.I 2707 ( 5) 

Stranding of vessel, willful, punishment for.•„. R 4, 8 

Strategy, definition of. 1 5354 

Striking superior officer, punishment for. R 4 

Stub requisitions, yard craft (See also Requisitions).. 14472 (7) 

Submarines: 


bases for... R 243 

fleet maneuvers, participation in. R 226 

Submesses, changes in. I 2618 (6) 

Subordination, example of, furnished by officers... r 1 

Subpoenas: 

general courts-martial witnesses.R 42, 736 

summary court-martial....... R 627 

witnesses, courts of inquiry. R 419 




















































407 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Subsistence: 

additional, at hospital. 

enlisted men in hospital ships. 

officers ashore. 

torpedo vessels, crews of. 

vessels without pay officers... 

Succession of authority, temporary absence, flag officer. 

Succession to command, death of officer in command. 

Succession to rank after death of flag officer commanding. 

Summary courts-martial. 

acquittal, procedure of... 

accused as witness.... 

adequate punishments to be adjudged.... 

adjournment,report of.... 

all arguments recorded.. 

authentication of judgment.:....... 

authentication of records.. 

bad-conduct discharge, execution of sentence...’. 

bad-conduct discharge, when adjudged. 

challenge of members.:. 

checkages for lose of pay... 

civilian witnesses, attendance compulsory. 

classification for disrating. 

clearing of court... 

clemency recommendations... 

commuting of sentence forbidden—.... 

conduct records as evidence...... 

confinement on diminished rations. 

convening authority, action of... 

convening authority, vested in. 

convening order, reference to...... 

counsel for accused. 

recorder may act as..... 

defense, preparing of..... 

deficiency of members, how supplied. 

delay of trial forbidden....... 

depositions, use of..... 

deprivation of liberty restrictions..’.. 

disapproval of proceedings.. 

disrating for incompetency...... 

disrating, classification for... 

dissolving of court.. 

evidence- 

admissibility of.. 

of previous convictions introduced... 

order of introduction.... 

execution of sentence..... 

exemptions of members from duty not allowed... 

extra police duties, restrictions in imposing... 

findings and punishment.. 

incompetency charges. 

intoxicants, unlawful possession of... 

irons, single or double, restrictions in use.. 

loss-of-pay sentences, how stated...... 

marines, tried before..... 

medical certificate, when required. 


Art. 

.. 1 3231 

.. 14005 

. R4513-4521 

... I 4549 

.*.. 1 4951 

......... R 1044 

.. R 1062 

.. R 1044 

I 1004; R 601-627 

.... R 622 

. R 613 

.. R 51 

......... R 604 

.. R 616 

. R 52 

. R 620 

....... R 622,623 

.. R 619 

. R 611 

......... R 626 

.. R 627 

. R 619 

. R 615 

.. R 51 

... R 621 

..R 616, 617 

.R 619, 621 

.. R 620 

R 26 

. R 610 

. R 611 

. R 614 

......... R 607 

.. R 603 

.. R 602 

.. R 627 

.. R 619 

..... R 622 

.. R 31 

. R 619 

.. R 625 

.. R 609 

. R 616,617 

. R 611 

.R 32,622 

......... R 604 

. R 619 

R 618 
...... R 608, 619 

... R 608 

......... R 619 

. R 619 

. R 602 

......... R 621 

























































408 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Summary courts-martial—Continued. 

members— .Art. 

absence of.!. R 46 

as witnesses.... R 612 

challenge of. R 611 

not exempt from other duties... R 604 

mitigation of sentence. R 621 

new court, action of......... R 621 

new members of..... R 611 

oaths administered. R 28,611 

orderly, detail for. R 605 

petty officers and persons of inferior rating... R 26 

plea in, bar of trial. R 60 

precedence in, taken by officers... R 1061 

precept. R 604,610,611 

previous convictions. R 616,617 

proceedings— 

conduct of... R 34 

forwarding of.. R 624 

prosecuting officer of. R 609 

punishments— 

adequate, to be adjudged. R 51 

allowed. R 619 

imposed by....R 30,619 

rank of members....... T . R 27 

readiness of accused for trial. R 607 

records— 

forwarding of...I 5333; R 624 

indorsed by medical officer. R 2967 

signed by. R 620 

recorder— 

as counsel for accused... R 614 

evidence of previous convictions introduced... R 617 

prosecuting officer... R 609 

work of. R 27 

reduction to the next inferior rating, when adjudged. R 619 

remission of sentence. R 33,621 

reviewing authority when ship is in navy yard... R 622 

senior member to preside... R 604 

sentences— 

approval of. R 32 

checkages for loss of pay. R 626 

commuting of, forbidden. R 33,621 

execution of...*.. R 622 

injurious to health of prisoner..... R 33 

mitigation of. R 621 

remission of... R 33 

signed by... R 620 

ship at navy yard, reviewing authority of... R 622 

specifications— 

errors in... R 611 

for accused. R 607 

how drawn. R 608 

subpoena of witnesses. R 627 

swearing of members and recorder.. R 611 

testimony..... R 29 

accused. R 613 

members. R 612 

order of introduction. r 611 





















































409 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 


Summary courts-martial—Continued. Art. 

times of meeting.. R 604 

trial not to be delayed... R 602 

witnesses— 

order of examination. R 612 

summoning of. R 606 

warning of. R 612 

Sunday: 

divine service, performance of. R 2 

extra duty to be discontinued upon.... R 1429 

holidays falling on..R 1286 

observance of. I 2602(6) 

salutes not fired on. R 1204 

Sunrise colors, ceremonies of.R 1254 

Superintendent of coast survey, officers on coast survey, supervision over. R 1051 

Superintendent of female Nurse Corps..R 4428 

Superintendent of Naval Observatory, annual report of.. I 604 

Superior officers: 

definition of term. R 64 

exercise of authority by. R 1402 

misconduct by, procedure in case of. R 1441 

obedience to, of subordinates. R 1401 

Supernumeraries, admission and retention at hospitals.I 5247 (37) 

Supervisor, naval auxiliaries, hospital ships, supervision of.R 2915 

Supply depots, medical supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. R 133 


Supply officer, ashore (see also Accounts; Invoices; Pay officers ashore; Stores ashore; Supply 
accounts ashore): 


cost of items in requisitions... I 4472 

inspection of, supplies on receipt. I 4678 

medical stores (see also Medical stores). I 2118,4749 

open purchase, general instructions...I 4654 ,4657 

requisitions— 


medical stores. I 2119 

ships in navy yard. I 4472 

shipments (see also Shipments) by Government conveyance. I 4624 

transportation of stores. R 1507 


Supply officer, ships (see also Accounts; Invoices; Pay officers; Stores afloat; Supply accounts 


afloat): 

accounts and returns... I 4890-4951 

excess requisitions... I 4472 

going out of commission. 1 5353 

issue of stores for sick. I 2120 

medical stores, transfer of. 1 2118 

open purchases, general instructions.I 4654 ,4657 

provisions, torpedo vessels. I 4549 

relief of. I 4421 

reports. I 4890,4951 

requisitions, ships in navy-yard port ( see also Requisitions). I 4472 

shipments by supply steamer. I 4624 

stores afloat ( see also Stores afloat). I 4421-4552 

Supply ships: 

cargo, stowage and handling of... I 4624 

medical stores, transfer of.. 12118 

Surgeon, rank and title taken by. R 1005 

Surgeon’s division: 

medical officer’s duties regarding.I 2129,2130 

pharmacist at quarters stationed in. I 2352 

Surgeon, fleet. (See Fleet surgeon.) 
















































410 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Surgeon General (see also Bureau of Medicine and Surgery): Art. 

Armyand Navy hospitals, patients admitted into.....R 4531 

Nurse Corps, female, supervision over..I 3261; R 3322 

sick report..... I 3254 

Surgical attendance, officers entitled to.-.......... I 3222 

Surgical instruments: 

expenditure of................. . .. I 3255 

loss of. I 2123 

not to be replaced unless condemned..... I 2122 

selection of..-.......v.v..-.v-.................. I 4480 

survey of...v..v.....-..... t... I 2123,2124,4749 

Surveys....;... I 1004 

clothing and effects destroyed for sanitary purposes... I 4750 

destruction of clothing and presonal effects, estimate on actual not original cost... I 4750 

effects destroyed to prevent spread of disease..... I 1351 

material..........I 4735,4749,4750 

medical (sec also Medical survey)— 

disability discharge. I 3236 

forwarding of... I 3221 (3) 

ordered by division commander..... I 1004 (1) 

property report of... I 4749,5222 ( 5m), 5247 (18,19) 

recommendation.... R 2960 

report of, on personnel.I 5222 (5p) 

request for, on personnel.......I 5222 (5o) 

unfit men........ I 2102,5247 ( 21,26) 

ordered by division commanders....I 1004 (1) 

stores, death of officer in charge of.I 4421 (4) 

surgical instruments and appliances.....I 2122,2123,4749 

unserviceable and insanitary articles.... I 4735 

worthless articles....... A..... I 4735 

Suspension........... R 24 

by commanding officer, of officers awaiting trial. R 1407 

by general court-martial sentence.:.. R 816 

date of, to be entered in ship’s log.;.. R 1433 

officers, restrictions......... R 1526 

pay officer, general courts-martial sentence.. : R 48 

pay officer, procedure in case of....... R 1420 

Swimming, exercises in. I 2020 

Swivels, overhauling...... •...... I 2636 

Swords, surrender of, by officers when arrested...R 1417(1) 

System of accountability, Marine Corps........ I 604 

Tables, nautical “publication and issue of.......:...:. I 604 

Tactics, definition.......I 5354 (6) 

Target practice: 

confidential publications regarding............ I 713 

reports on..... : I 916 

test of gun pointers’ vision before...I 2501 (3) 

Tattoo, sounding of..:.. .-... I 2606 

Tattooing forbidden as punishment..... R 49 

Technical schools, supervision of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery...... R 2901 

Telegrams...'. I 5341-5351 

acknowledgment of........ I 5341 

addressing of.... .. I 5350 

amount paid for transmission of......v. .. I 5351 

confidential, payment of. I 5351 

confirmation of....1..... I 5346 

copies of............ I 5351 

disclosure of contents of.... I 5351 
























































411 


[T indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Telegrams—Continued. Art. 

first words may indicate bureau to which subject pertains. I 5350 

indorsement of. I 5349 

interpretation of. I 5343 

mail to replace when possible. I 5349 

night messages, use of... I 5349 

personal. I 5349 

rates for. I 5349 

report of charges in excess of rates. I 5249 

transmission over bond-aided lines. I 5351 

use of ciphers and codes. I 5348 

vouchers. I 5351 

Telegraph: 

accounts. I 5351 

communications, acknowledgment of. I 5307 

economy in use. I 5345 

messages relayed by, addresses used in radiograms. I 5350 

Navy secret codes, use of. I 6345 

officers transferred to or from hospitals. I 95G 

Telegraphic addresses, list of..I 5324,5350 

Telegraphic communications with Bureau of Navigation. I 5325 

Telephones: 

long-distance, private establishments. I 715 

messages by, confirmed.I 5340 (3) 

Telephone service: 

officers on inspection duty. I 715 

private yards.I 715(1-6) 

Temperature, magazines, to be entered in log. I 2628 

Terms, naval, definition of. I 5354 

Tests: 

lifebuoys. I 2504 

supplies received on contract or requisition. I 4578 

Testimonials forbidden. R 1520 

Thanksgiving Day, observance of. R 1289 

Theft: 

punishment for ... R8 

report of. R 1505 

Tin cans, disposal of. I 2632 

Title-s: 

chiefs of bureaus... R 1006 

civil engineers.. R 1005 

commissioned officers designated by. R 1001 

designation of— 

for officers, by regulations..R 1001,1004 

in Navy Register. R 10 O 8 

Judge Advocate General. R 1006 

line officers, use of. R 1006 

naval constructors.R 1005 

officers— 

Medical Corps. R 1005 

Pay Corps. R 1005 

staff.R 1004,1005 

retired, serving as chiefs of bureau. r 1006 

retired, serving as Judge Advocate General.R 1006 

succeeding to command.. R 1044 

officials addressed by. I 5322 

professors of mathematics. R 1005 



















































412 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Tltle-s—Continued. 

usage of— Art. 

in acting ranks.....:. R 1006 

in add ressing officers..... R 1008 

warrant officers.•..;...' R 1013 

Title V, disability............. I 391 

Title Y, supplies, survey of. I 4735 

Top lights, flagships..... R 1135 

Torpedo bases, location of.. R 243 

Torpedo crew: 

changos in.-.... I 2501 (2) 

presence of, at drills... I 2501 (7) 

Torpedo flotilla commander, unserviceable articles, survey of... I 4735 

Torpedo practice, report of. I 916 

Torpedo vessels (see also Submarines): 

bases for.... R 243 

complement, ration allowance for.... I 4549 

fleet maneuvers, participation in..... R 226 

provision allowance, increase of, for detached duty. I 4549 

rank of commanding officer. R 1037 

rations for crews. T 4549 

savings in rations. I 4549 

subsistence of crews. I 4549 

Towels, face and bath, officers’ .. I 828 

Towing boats, salutes, how rendered... R 1177 

Towlines, to be pointed... I 2503 

Trade, engaging in, on board ship, restrictions.. R 1509 


Traffic: 

executive officers to regulate. 

forbiddance of, on hospital ships. 

Training, system of, to be held confidential. 

Traitors, punishment of. 

Transfer-s. 

accounts of men...... 

sent to hospital. 

applications for. 

commanding officer’s duties regarding. 

contingent upon vaccination. 

descriptive list, Marine Corps. 

disabled persons, effects of. 

enlisted men (see also Enlisted men). 

from hospital to ship or station. 

insular force. 

medical officer’s report. 

procedure with accounts. 

to hospital.... —. —. 

entry of, in service record. 

from foreign station. 

health records. 

Hospital Corpsmen, efficiency report. 

Marine Corps (sec also Marine Corps). 

data... 

duties performed, indicated. 

medical property, inventory on. 

notices concerning.. 

officers, orders for, issued by commander in chief 

officers’, procedure with accounts.. 

orders for, issued by commanding officer. 

patients to and from civil hospitals. 


. I 2514 (C) 

. R 2921 

. I 713 

. R 4 

.. R 3581,3582,3585 

. R 20 

. I 4890 

. R 1525 

. R 20 

.... I 3221 (2) 

. I 3551 

. I 718 

. R 3581 

. I 5247 (39) 

. R 3581 

. I 3208 

. I 4890 

. R 4475 

. R 3544 

. I 955 

.:.... I 3257 

. I 5222 (5k),5247 (16) 

. I 3551,3552;R 3585 

. I 3551 

..'.. I 3551 

. I 5222 (51), 5247 (17) 

. I 5340 

... I 5336 

.. I 4890 

.. I 5336 

I 5222 (5u), 5247 (32); R 2926 
























































413 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Transfer-s—Continued. 

patients to and from hospitals; report.... 

restrictions as to... 

temporary service..... 

to Hospital Corps....... 

to hospitals, recommended by medical officer. 

transfer papers transmitted upon... 

tuberculous cases........ 

Transfer accounts: 

enlisted men, commutation of rations... 

transfer papers to include........ 

Translations, documents in foreign languages to be accompanied by......_ 

Transportation (see also Shipments; Travel): 

aboard Government vessels........ 

A rmy transports....... 

enlisted men, manual governing........ 

hospital ships........ 

invalids. 

on discharge....... — 

patients to the United States.... — 

remains of deceased persons..... 

sick. 

Transports, Army, transportation by. 

Traps, water-tight, opening and closing of. 

Travel (see also Transportation): 

aboard, expenses for... 

allowance on discharge.. 

expenses— 

indorsements affecting..., 

paid, indorsements... 

officers on duty, orders for.... 

orders involving. 

time, amount allowed. 

time considered as leave. 

Travel orders: 

emergency. 

issued by commander in chief... 

issued by commanding officer. 

must be written.. 

time allowed to start under. 

Treachery, punishment for..... 

Treason, punishment for. 

Treasury Department (see also Customs): 

correspondence with... 

reimbursement for clothing and personal effects destroyed..... 

Troops: 

embarked, aboard naval ships. 

responsibility for, of commander in chief. 

Tropics: 

periodical physical exercise within. 

precautions in. 

Tuberculosis cases, transfer of........ 

Tugs, navy yards, supplies for.. 

Turret captain, assignment of, to other duty... 

Turret crew, to be present at drill. 

Typewriters, paper..... 

Typhoid prophylactic, administration of. 

Unfavorable report of fitness, officers. 

Unfit for duty, medical-survey report (see also Medical survey).. 


Art. 

I 5212,5214;R 29G1 

. R 3581 

.'.. R 3581 

. R 3551 

. R 2960 

. R 3585 

.. R 3582 

. I 4890 

. R 3585 

.. I 5310 (3) 

. R 3847 

. I 955 

. I 603 

. R 2912 

. I 953,954 

..... R 3006 

. I 2116 

. R 4551 

. I 953,954 

. I 955 

. I 2506 

. I 705 

. R 3606 

. I 5312 (23) 

. I 5312 (23) 

. R 1528 

. I 5336 

.. R 3703 

. R 3706 

. R 1528 

. I 5336 

. I 5336 

. R 1528 

. I 702 

. R 4 

. R 4 

..I 1121(2) 

.. I 4750 

. I 3841-3847 

. R 1631 

.. 1709 

. I 952 

_ ....... 1 3582 

.I 4472 (7) 

.I 2501 (2) 

. I 2501 (7) 

. I 5311 

. 1 3212 

. I 707 

. R 364 





















































414 

[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.) 

Art. 

Unfitness, discharge for.. R 3601 

Unhealthy ports: 

fresh provisions, inspection of.......I 2618 (7) 

precautions.... I 952 

Uniforms: 

division officer responsible for..... I 1826 

hospital ships.........I 4007,4011 

nonregulation, restrictions against.......;...I 2617 (3) 

posted on dress board... I 2617 (6) 

sale of, prohibited... ..... I 711 

unhealthy port....... I 952 

Uniform regulations: 

changes in...... I 601,602; R 901 

comformance to, enjoined....... I 711 

preparation...:..... I 601 

subjects included in........... R 901 

Union jack: 

court of inquiry indication...;. R 1239 

display of......... R 1239 

flown in boat for diplomatic officials...... R 1253 

general court-martial indication..... R 1239 

Governor of Guam, in boats..... R 1253 

Governor of Tutuila, in boat........ R 1253 

size indicated.... R 1238 

survey of..... 1 4735 

United States Dispatch Agent, express packages sent in care of.'.. I 5205 

Unsalable articles, survey of.....:..... I 4735 

Unsanitary water, restrictions against. I 2621 

Unserviceable articles, survey of....... I 4735 

Urgent repairs, definition of.1...... I 4301 

Usury forbidden aboard ship....... R 1509 

Vacancies: 

report of, men sent to hospital....... R 3582 

requests for filling.... 1 5340 

Vaccination: 

crew, medical officer’s duties regarding... I 2103 

quarterly report of... 13211 

recruits..* I 3211 (1,2) 

transfer contingent upon. I 3211(2) 

Valves, water-tight, opening and closing of.. I 2506 

Ventilation: 

ship’s prisons..R 1430 

unhealthy port.....,. I 952 

Ventilation ducts, closed in case of fire. I 2506 

Vice admiral, funeral escort for... R 1301 

Vice consul, honors for. R 1117 

Vice President: 

death of, ceremonies.........R 1296 

honors for. R 1103 

Violent death, investigation of.....,. R 321 

Vision, gun pointers, test of..l...I 2501 (3) 

Visitors: - 

hospital ships...I..... I 4018 

messing spaces, during meal hours..'.-.I 2618 (4) 

Visits of ceremony.. R 1266-1279 

Vouchers (see also Accounts): 

completion of, by pay officer under suspension.—.... R 1420 

expenditure, pay officer restored to duty to be furnished..... R 1420 

expenditure, surveyed articles... I 4735 



















































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[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

V ouchers —Continued. 

letters of advice not to accompany.....,. 

medical, bill books....... 

messages..,,..... 

stores afloat, purchases,.,. 

Waiver of physical disqualifications. 

War: 

lights used........... 

naval districts, duties in time of.,...... 

preparation for; strategy. 

Red Cross assistance given...... 

War College, Naval. ( See Naval War College.) 


Art. 

....,.. I 5335 

. I 3258 

...u 1 5351 

.I 4483 (3) 

. I 3209 

:enoo rtontG n - 

..I 2607 (12) 

.............. R 242 

........... I 5354(5) 

...R 3861 


Wardroom officers: 

designation of...,. 

quarters for. 

visits by. ,.... 

Warrant officers..... 

appointment of....... 

to ensigns, fitness report regarding. 

authority of. 

commissioned— 

authority of... 

precedence taken by. 

rank taken by. 

death of, ceremonies for. 

duties of. 

fitness reports as. 

health records of enlisted men promoted to. 

precedence t aken by...,... 

quarters of.... 

rank taken by. 

titles included under.... 

Washington, D. C., officers visiting, to register. 

Washington’s Birthday, observance of. 

Washington’s tomb, salutes from ships passing 

Wash rooms, supply of water. 

Waste of property, punishment for. 


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't aWu 

.... I 803 

_ I 804 

R 1268 
R 3201,3202 


.... I 604;R 3309,3315,3317 


I 707 
R 1015 


... R 1015 

.,.... R 1013 

. R 1013 

. R 1297 

. I 2352 

. I 707 

I 5222 (5w), 5247 (34) 

..R 1013 

. I 807 

. R 1013 

. I 1013,3202 

. I 705 

. R 1286 

. I 1107 

. I 2617 

. R 8 


Watch: 

anchor, detailed by executive officer. I 2630 

hospital ships. I 4014-4020 

regulation of, by commanding officer. I 2507 

Watch duty: 

instructions governing.I 2507-2509 

officers eligible for. I 2508 (5-10), 2508 (3) 

Watch number to be shown on station billet. I 2501 (4) 

Watch officers. (See Division officers; Officer of the deck.) 

fitness reports of. I 707 

rank of. R 1038-1040 

Watch, quarter and station bill (see also Station bills): 

executive officer to prepare.I 2501 (5) 

inspections, hospital ships. 14018 

junior line officers to keep. I 2501 (8) 

Water: 


boats to carry.. 1 2502 

fresh— 


daily allowance per man.I 2617 (5) 

supply of. I 2617 

washing clothes of crew.12617(5) 

infected ports, not to be used. I 2621 

shore, medical officer to examine. I 2112 
























































416 


[I indicates Instructions; R indicates Regulations.] 

Water-tight doors: Art. 

olosing..I 2506,2604 

evening inspect ion_*... I 2640 

inspeotionof. 1 2629 

signal for closing and opening.. I 2506 

Weather instruments, instruction of men in use of. I 2505 

Western Union code: 

telegrams of arrival and departure.. I 5343 

use of.. 1 5348 

* Whistles: 

siren and solenoid, use of...... *. I 2506 

use of, at boat races, restriction against..»____ i .. I 2620 

Wife, officer’s, to report address of. I 705 

Wigwag signals, use on hospital ships... I 4003 

Witnesses: 

oourts of inquiry (see also Courts of inquiry). R 57,59 

general oourt-martial (see also General court-martial). R 41,42 

summary court-martial (see also Summary court-martial)... 4 .R 29,612 

Women not permitted to reside on board ship. R 1537 

Wounded (see also Sick): 

care of, supervised by fleet surgeon.I 1122 (5) 

report of.......... R 2061 

treatment of. 4 1 3222 

Wrongs, redress of..... R 1441-1443 

Yards, manning of.-... R H82 

Yeoman: 

assignment of— 

to exeoutive officer.t.I 2514(2) 

to pay division. I 2203 

discharge of.-. R 3605 

general duties of. R 3402 

marines not to be assigned as. I 3641 

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